Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Is the Unstoppable Force of Mexico’s GMO Ban About to Meet the Unmovable Object of US Big Ag Lobbies?
Mexico is not only dangerously dependent on US growers for its most important staple crop; it is growing more and more dependent each and every year. Mexico’s government wants to reverse this dynamic, but the US has other ideas.
How the Left Should Exercise Power Once They Have It
Another episode in the long-running soap opera, “Can the Left Be Saved?”
Biden to End Orders Declaring Covid a National Emergency on May 11, Because Why Not?
The pandemic is over when we say it’s over.
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/1/2023
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The Pentagon’s Plans for a Perpetual Three-Front “Long War” Against China and Russia
The U.S. military has made up its mind about the future in 2018.
A Recent Artifact with Stories to Tell
Outwardly simple and seemingly rational choices often have far-reaching consequences for those who cannot or will not imagine the day after tomorrow.
“Yes, Britain Is Corrupt. But It’s a Lot Worse Than You Think”
The press talked up the UK’s drop in the Corruption Perception Index. But the UK has long been an engine of corrupt conduct around the world.
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/31/2023
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Anecdata on the Restructuring of the Russian Economy
A report from a Russian working abroad about the effect of the war on his industry.
That Didn’t Take Long: Latin American Governments Refuse to Send Weapons, Russian or Otherwise, to Ukraine
Washington, Kiev and the EU have been furiously lobbying Latin American governments to provide weaponry to Ukraine, but they still want no part of this war.
Russia’s “Sanction-Proof” Trade Corridor to India Frustrates the Neocons
Russia, India, and Iran press ahead with new International North-South Transport Corridor. Will Adani crisis and Iran-Azerbaijan tension derail it?
How Evangelicals Moved from Supporting Environmental Stewardship to Climate Skepticism
The religious right largely opposes government regulation to protect the environment, but this hasn’t always been the case.
