Trump’s Push To Shut Down the Axis of Upheaval Starts With LNG
A new neocon scheme, reportedly with backing among incoming Trump officials, to bring Russia to its knees with improved energy sanctions.
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As Biolabs Multiply Globally, Some Experts Worry About Oversight
India’s policymakers have ambitious plans for pathogen research. Can biolab safety infrastructure keep up?
Read more...The Truth About H-1B Visas
More on the H-1B visa scam.
Read more...The Rise in Early-Onset Cancers: Their Origins and What to Do About Them
Cancers among the young have risen so much that some experts have called it an epidemic. What are the probable causes and preventatives?
Read more...Self-Selection and Self-Censorship on Campus, and the FIRE Report
A new study tries to find out how extensive self-censorship is among university teaching staff.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler New Year’s Eve 2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread ~
Read more...Is Venezuela About to Face Another Regime Change Operation?
Will Trump take a more pragmatic approach to US relations with Caracas this time? Or will he double down on an (until-now) failed strategy of sanctions escalation and regime change?
Read more...The EU Threatens to Cut Itself off From Another of Its Major Natural Gas Suppliers
Issues with supplies from Qatar — the world’s third largest exporter of LNG — could be a major boon for US gas companies.
Read more...How MAGA Can Stuff DOGE Back in Its Box and Win the Day on H1B
A simple plan….
Read more...Links 12/29/2024
Why Do We Have a Mental Health Crisis?
Why neoliberalism is a major cause of mental health problems.
Read more...Enrollment in Nature Schools Soars as Families Rediscover the Benefits of Outdoor Learning
Are nature schools an old answer to new childrearing and education challenges?
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 12/27/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics: MAGA eviscerates the Tech Bros on immigration; Mangione family investments in health care (not pretty); New Covid charts ~
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Will Trump Take On the Housing Cartels?
The DOJ case against RealPage for orchestrating a rental housing price-fixing cartel will tell us a lot about the economic direction of Trump 2.0.
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