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Democrats continue to shoot themselves in the political foot over The Deficit
I still quote the late John Kenneth Galbraith all the time.
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The Dilemma of an Unwinnable War in Ukraine
Samuel Charap wrote in Foreign Affairs in 2023, during the second year of the Russia-Ukraine War that began in 2022, about war termination in the…
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Israel vs. Türkiye?
Apparently wars with Syria, Lebanon, and Iran along with a gruesome ethnic cleansing in Gaza and increasingly in the West Bank aren’t enough for…
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Recognizing horror in real time – it’s not always easy to do
We have new Israeli military attacks on Syria, a significant part of whose territory Israel illegally occupies.
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The “Epstein files” and the Ick factor
The “Ick!” factor is obviously very high on everything to do with the infamous “Epstein files.” Which, depending on which Republican is spinning at the…
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The “America-is-a-republic-not-a-democracy” trope
Missouri’s Republican Gov.
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The German centrist government is doing dumb and illegal stuff on immigration
The German government has been performing more border controls than usual this year.
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Nonproliferation expert Joe Cirincione on the Iran nuclear program
Nonproliferation expert Joe Cirincione looks at why the Trump-Netanyahu policy on the Iranian nuclear program has been so bad and gives a lot of context…
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The latest in the sad story of Trump 2.0 diplomacy in the Russia-Ukraine War
I’m sure that since the current Russia-Ukraine War started in February 2022, I’m sure I’ve posted more videos featuring Über-Realist John Mearsheimer…
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Has capitalism been replaced by “technofeudalism”?
Nicholas Vrousalis has a helpful perspective on the concept of “technofeudalism,” which at least suggests that capitalism has already been replaced by a…
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A near-term peace for Israel-Gaza?
Thomas Meyer wrote a couple of weeks ago:
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In which I check in with AI William Faulkner on current events
I suddenly got the idea yesterday to ask Microsoft’s Copilot AI function, which constantly begs me to use it, “Write two paragraphs in the style of…
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