The Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity through Armenia is less about economics, infrastructure, and the Nobel Peace Prize than it is about the US specialty of destabilization.
Saturday, August 16, 2025
Why “Spend Before Tax” Is the Key to Unlocking a Future for Young People
The future younger people inherit is being decided less by the constraints of economics than by the limits of political imagination.
Beyond Carbon: The Overlooked Health Benefits of Fuel Taxation
Eco-taxes to reduce fuel emissions not only lower CO2 levels, but also reduce pollution, helping poor neighborhoods the most.
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Daughter Of Horror (1957) Run Time: 56m
Daughter of Horror is a movie about a young woman’s horrific journey through psychosis…or is it real?
Skyscrapers of Babel: How Ancient Mesopotamia Shaped the Modern City
In the early 20th century, architects and artists like Hugh Ferriss drew on the myths and monuments of ancient Babylon to imagine futuristic skylines—melding ziggurats with modernism in a visionary blend of the past and the possible.
Michael Hudson: Europe’s Surrender
Michael Hudson returns to current events in an interview with Nima, focusing on what the Trump tariffs deals mean for Europe, the US and BRICS
Alfred McCoy: Controlling the ‘World Island’
More on Alfred McCoy re how how H.J. Mckinder’s “world island” has shaped Western strategic thinking, here with respect to the Pacific
Coffee Break: Biotech vs. Science, NIH Under New Management, More on Malaria, Dreams of De-Extinction, and an Aside on the State of America
Part the First: Is This How to Do Science? San Diego, with the University of California-San Diego and the Scripps Research Institute leading the way, has been a Biotech/Little Pharma hotspot since the beginning, a strong third behind Boston and the Bay Area. Ups and downs are common, but in the current climate it is […]
As the Colorado River Slowly Dries Up, States Angle for Influence Over Future Water Rights
The wrangling over who gets what out of the Colorado Rivers is one of many escalating fights over ever more scarce water.
Demand for Cash In Euro Area Is Rebounding Just As ECB Prepares to Launch Digital Euro
The ECB insists that cash’s role will be protected once the digital euro goes live. But can its word be trusted?
‘Disaster in the Making’: Trump to Open 401(k)s to Crypto, Private Equity Vultures
“Stuffing private equity, crypto…. into 401(k)s is about propping up scams and bailing out an industry that’s run out of buyers”
The China Shock Hits Germany
How China was hollowing out Germany’s manufacturers before the loss of cheap Russian energy made matters worse.
