What If Trump’s Faking Being Bonkers?
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What If Trump’s Faking Being Bonkers?
Somersaulting Voters: Stopping Rabid Gerrymandering
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Somersaulting Voters: Stopping Rabid Gerrymandering
“Gerrymandering” is the historic term for politicians picking their voters by manipulating Congressional and state electoral districts. Redistricting
The Man Who Seeks to Rule the World
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Exiting the Oil Cartel: The United Arab Emirates Leaves OPEC
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Exiting the Oil Cartel: The United Arab Emirates Leaves OPEC
Cartel members are not always a congenial bunch. Relations can get frosty and brittle over time. With the United Arab Emirates, membership of the
What Putin and Trump Owe Their Victims
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What Putin and Trump Owe Their Victims
Aggressors should compensate their victims for those killed, wounded, or displaced by their attacks as well as for damage to their buildings, bridges, and
It’s Time for Melenchon, Not Just for France, for Europe
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It’s Time for Melenchon, Not Just for France, for Europe
Jean Luc Melenchon is doing well with French voters, while his chief rival, arch-rightist Marine LePen, is not. White-bread centrist president Emmanuel
The Venetian Empire’s Origin Myth
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The Venetian Empire’s Origin Myth
You can learn something about a culture from its origin myth. Like most boys growing up in Southern California, I believed the founding myth of the United
From the Flying Robot Talon to AI Monsters
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From the Flying Robot Talon to AI Monsters
Prologue: ancient and modern uses of technology There’s a tremendous civilization gap between the robots credited to the Greek god of metallurgy
The President of Peace Makes War on the Planet
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The President of Peace Makes War on the Planet
Hey, I always suspected that Donald Trump and I, having both grown up in New York City in the 1950s and early 1960s, had something in common. Now, I know
Protect the National Flood Insurance Program’s Community Rating System
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Protect the National Flood Insurance Program’s Community Rating System
With the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Review Council’s final recommendations finally available, one particular recommendation stands out.
The Politics of Cultivated Meat Research
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The Politics of Cultivated Meat Research
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently inveighed against the Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act during an appearance at the
Computer “Age Verification” is About Political Control, Not Child Safety
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Computer “Age Verification” is About Political Control, Not Child Safety
Around the US, a number of state legislatures have passed, or ar working to pass, various laws which would require people to "verify" their ages such that
The Great Fleecing Tournament: Pricing, Problems and the 2026 FIFA World Cup
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The Great Fleecing Tournament: Pricing, Problems and the 2026 FIFA World Cup
When dealing with the disorganised criminal outfit that is FIFA (the mafia comparison only goes so far), the titan governing body of world football,
Import Prices Soar: Trump Says Exporters Too Low IQ to Eat the Tariffs
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Import Prices Soar: Trump Says Exporters Too Low IQ to Eat the Tariffs
When Trump decided to whack us with his “liberation day” tariffs last April, he assured us that exporters would eat the tariffs, so that consumers didn’t
Conservation Groups Challenge Red Lodge Area Logging Project Again
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Conservation Groups Challenge Red Lodge Area Logging Project Again
The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Council on Wildlife and Fish, and Native Ecosystems Council filed a lawsuit in federal district court against the
Censorship Rocks Los Angeles School District–“Teachers Told to Remove Palestine & BLM Flags”
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Sunlight and Extraction: Batteries, Phosphate, and the Contradictions of Decarbonization
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Sunlight and Extraction: Batteries, Phosphate, and the Contradictions of Decarbonization
A recent report by energy think tank Ember put forward a spot of good news: renewables surpassed one-third of global electricity generation in 2025,
Why It’s Essential to Fix the USMCA
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Why It’s Essential to Fix the USMCA
Nancy Duran Rodriguez took several pairs of work gloves to Mexico in 2025, intending to hand them out as a goodwill gesture to fellow union workers she
Idiot Speak: Elon Musk’s Plans for Gutting Social Security and a Universal High Income
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Idiot Speak: Elon Musk’s Plans for Gutting Social Security and a Universal High Income
I have no idea how smart or stupid Elon Musk actually is. Unlike Donald Trump, I don’t do IQ testing. But like everyone else in the world, I can evaluate
Is the U.S. Heading Toward a Hard Landing?
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