Safe Speech vs Free Speech: Higher Education’s False Dilemma
Universities should remember that the original purpose of free speech was to empower the weak, not to shelter them.
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Why George W. Bush Was a Horrible President
The White House Iraq Group, Abu Ghraib, and warrantless surveillance
Read more...The COVID-19 Catastrophe in India Keeps Growing
The Covid nightmare in India won’t end soon. Yet the West, despite self-interested reasons for reducing the contagion, is standing pat.
Read more...From an Un-Caring Economy to a Caring Economy: The Tax Justice Network Podcast, April 2021
“Caring economy” sounds awfully soft and fuzzy. However, it may finally be time to reject utlitarian views of how we organize our resources.
Read more...Money Alone Can’t Fix Central America – or Stop Migration to US
The US has played a big role in creating near or actual failed states in Central America. Are we capable of improving conditions?
Read more...Michael Hudson: Plato, Aristophanes and Aristotle on Money-Lust, 399-380 BC
While Plato, following Socrates, saw money as leading to hubris, Greek philosophers didn’t care much for working men either.
Read more...Biden’s Appeasement of Hawks and Neocons Is Crippling His Diplomacy
Is Biden’s high testosterone foreign policy a feature or a bug?
Read more...Ilargi: Ukraine Warheads
The US seems to be back in its “Fuck the EU” and frankly the American people mode over Ukraine.
Read more...The Coronavirus Crisis Within the Economy Is Far From Over – Because Reopening Creates a Whole New Type of Risk
Whither the post-Covid economy, assuming a “post-Covid”? The answer depends at least in part on where you sit.
Read more...Privacy Champions Urge Passage of ‘Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale’ Act
Anti-Big-Tech sentiment has hit the point where it’s not crazy to hope for some recovery of digital privacy.
Read more...Competition Heats Up in the Melting Arctic, and the US Isn’t Prepared to Counter Russia
Shocker! Russia is end-running the US in the Arctic, even though Sarah Palin has been keeping an eye out. Where have the arm merchants been?
Read more...Another False Start in Africa Sold with Gates Foundation Green Revolution Myths
The Gates-Foundation-promoted Green Revolution has proven harmful and also crowded out safer and effective ecological agriculture projects
Read more...Jury Finds Derek Chauvin Guilty of Second Degree Murder, Third Degree Murder and Second Degree Manslaughter in George Floyd Trial
Jurors in the George Floyd trial found Derek Chauvin guilty on all counts: second degree nurder, third degree murder and second degree manslaughter
Read more...Opioids Crisis: Trial of Four Drugmakers Begins in California
Tennessee judge enters default judgment against opioids manufacturer Endo Pharmaceuticals for discovery misconduct.
Read more...The CDC’s VAERS and Vaccine Complications: The System is Broken
The CDC has been visibly remiss in gathering and updating Covid data in VAERS, and that typifies its pandemic mismanagement.
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