How large is the exposure of gender transition doctors who were quick to provide treatments to teens? A $2 million award says pretty big.
Read more...Billionaire tech libertarians have long sought “freedom cities” free from government oversight. It increasingly looks like they’re going to get a “freedom country” instead.
Read more...Trump’s approval ratings continue to slide, even before polls register the effect of the ICE executions. But does that mater to him any more?
Read more...Why it is important to recognize that ICE is a paramilitary operation. Among other things, they are harder to reform than traditional police.
Read more...According to the news article in Damage Assessment (paywall that may be surmounted by registration) in Science by Jeffrey Mervis, the stated goals of Trump v2.0 have been consistent and were implicit during Trump v1.0. These have been: (1) shrink the size and scope of the federal government, (2) expand the power of the presidency, […]
Read more...From Trump on down, the US is particularly keen on the retrograde.
Read more...Trump for the moment is signaling a climbdown on his hyper-aggressive ICE tactics. But how long will this show of contrition last?
Read more...Is being virtuous more than just its own reward?
Read more...Examining the commercial interests surrounding the concept of sadness.
Read more...More on how the US looks to be running ICE-related black sites, as in torture sites, in the US.
Read more...A permanent Global Citizens’ Assembly met and is getting more and more participation. Does it have any hope of being effective?
Read more...One Trump rule rollback alone will kill an estimated 13,000 nursing home residents a year. Welcome to what passes for health care in the US.
Read more...By displacing new content, AI is eroding culture. Add in screen addiction eroding reading and the devaluation of the humanities.
Read more...ICE lawlessness is only getting worse.
Read more...A new climate change fix of sustainable limits bizarrely hypes that collective groups will decide, ignoring power and wealth inequality
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