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Saturday, August 2, 2025
Why Psalm 23 Gives Me the Creeps
Happyville? Or Pain City?
‘Baked tnto the Frameworks’: Archeologist Reveals ‘3 Pervasive Myths’ That Blind Us to the Past
Long-term perspectives on cities, states, and empires are now much fuller and more regionally diverse than was known decades ago. Synthetic, comparative analyses have been undertaken. We now know what worked and what did not.
John Helmer: The Mosquito Swarm and the Violent Pinprick Are Zelensky PR To Beat NATO’s Christmas Deadline
Warmaking as public relations.
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/19/2023
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Energy Destinies – Part 6 Energy Policy And Emissions – Hot and Hotter
Based on the current state of science, technology, policy development and implementation, the probability of meeting emissions targets is doubtful. This means that global temperature rises will, in all probability, exceed the recommended levels, most likely substantially and earlier than projected. The consequent changes in planetary geo-physics and meteorology will be substantial.
KLG: Owning the Sun: A People’s History of Monopoly Medicine from Aspirin to COVID-19 Vaccines – A Review-Essay
Unless we figure out a way to spend our wealth on what gives life instead of what takes life, the oncoming crisis that has been called the “Jackpot” here will most certainly be a crisis without a solution.
The Covid Pandemic Was Devastating. But Was it Trauma?
What seems clear is that we have crossed a threshold: The acute, collective crisis of the first years of the pandemic has ebbed. Now may be a moment to look back on what we’ve just been through, and try to make some sense of it.
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/18/2023
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The Dark, Shady Past of Spain’s Likely Next Prime Minister, Alberto Núñez Feijóo
Spain’s general elections this Sunday (July 22) could be a milestone event — of the bad rather than good kind.
How the Mayo Clinic and Uber Killed Efforts to Help Workers in Minnesota
The Land of 10,000 Lakes has been widely celebrated for its supposedly worker-friendly legislation this year, but liberal Democrats headed for the exits when push came to shove.
Hunting the Military Extremist: How Disturbed Is the U.S. Military?
On a planet where no other military spends as much, the US is incapable of winning a thing.
