Iran Missile Strikes Into Israel Reconfirm Lack of Meaningful Defenses; Lebanon Invasion So Far Not Going Much of Anywhere
An update on the Israel v. the Resistance conflict in the wake of the Iran missile strikes.
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John Mearsheimer Is Not Very Impressed With Israel’s Shock and Awe Campaign Against Hezbollah
Not everyone, particularly some top Israel experts like John Mearsheimer, is convinced that Israel is on its way to a decisive win in Lebanon.
Read more...Desperate-Looking Biden Administration Attempt to Get 21-Day Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire
Yet another Biden-Blinken ceasefire fantasy makes headlines.
Read more...The Challenge of Preserving Good Data in the Age of AI
If AI-created content floods the internet, who decides what online information is worth archiving?
Read more...Fog of (Dis)Information in Escalating Israel-Lebanon Conflict
Some updates on the escalating Israel-Lebanon conflict and on the poor state of reporting.
Read more...Assassination Attempt No. 2 in a Land That Worships the God of Violence
America’s tendency to violence is ever more obvious with the Trump assassination attempts and enthusiasm for terrorism by exploding pagers.
Read more...The Rise of the Science Sleuths
When an Alzheimer’s paper came under scrutiny, correcting the scientific record meant battling much bigger problems.
Read more...How Corporate News Has Tried to Numb Americans to the Horrors in Gaza
A much-needed look at how the mainstream media has tried to ignore and even justify Israel’s genocide in Gaza
Read more...Wall Street Journal Tries to Analyze Not-Great Data on US Immigration, Generating Reader Pushback
An attempt by the Wall Street Journal to mine data on immigration falls short by not providing strong enough caveats.
Read more...Beijing and Washington Clash Over Russia Sanctions
The US continues to talk at, rather than with, China about its close ties to Russia.
Read more...On the Distortions and Distractions of the Democratic National Circus
A well-targeted rant about the offensive shallowness and neglect of concrete material needs of voters that the Democratic Party now embodies.
Read more...Fog of War and Narrative, Israel and Hezbollah Attacks Edition
An attempt at informational forensics on the Israel-Hezbollah pitched battle on Sunday.
Read more...The Rising Democratic Threat of “Hopeful Militarism”
A new Team Democrat messaging strategy boils down to “War is love.”
Read more...Washington Post Report on Russia-Ukraine Negotiation to End Energy System Attacks: An Admission of Russian Long-Term Weakness or More Complex Calcuation?
Trying to make sense of a Washington Post story depicting Russia as willing give up its best weapon, its electrical war, for very little.
Read more...Benchmarking the Coming Democratic Convention Protests in Chicago
Democratic convention protests are coming! How do we judge whether they are a damp squib or moved the needle a smidge?
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