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Part the First: The Attack on American Science Continues, Unabated.  A few days ago the president fired the National Science Board (NSB), all twenty-two members of a statutory twenty-five, who served staggered six-year terms that preserved institutional memory.  The NSB was created pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 to “recommend and encourage […]

Today's Iran war news: Trump is considering action as Iran warns that being more stupid will come at a high price.

The Islamic Republic of Iran puts the law of the state above canonical Islamic law and hence inverts the source of sovereignty.

Today's Iran war update: Trump is still trapped in his own mess and is too seriously considering more self-destructive kinetic action

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is getting his day in court against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman as both men aim for record-setting IPOs amid scrutiny and skepticism over revenue.

The AI future sold to markets rests on claims that cannot survive scrutiny, not foresight but hype dressed up as inevitability.

The U.S. Navy’s difficulties are often treated as separate problems—shipbuilding delays, readiness shortfalls, troubled procurement, and operational strain. This article argues they form a self-reinforcing system of converging constraints, exposing deeper weaknesses in force structure, logistics, and strategic planning.

"Some of the most senior figures in the Brussels bureaucracy have no red lines. They just have red carpets, which they roll out whenever Israel’s advocates ask them to do so."

Discussing a decades-old FDA loophole for putting new ingredients into the country’s food supply.

Western capital has its meathooks firmly into Türkiye. What do western governments want in return?

Today's Iran War update includes Netanyahu ordering strikes on Lebanon, Trump rug pulling "negotiations" in Pakistan, the MSM publishing more bad war news for the US, and some takes from the UAE and Israel.

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Part the First: Anti-amyloid Antibodies and Alzheimer’s Disease (AD).  A Cochrane review of monoclonal antibodies targeting amyloid plaques in AD has found that these drugs have little to no effect on cognitive function of AD patients.  Cochrane reviews are, to use one of the favorite tropes of the current administration, considered the “gold standard” of […]

As the ceasefire continues, discussion of the Iran War centered on whether the US or Iran is better positioned to outlast their opponent.

The old maritime order was at best a gentleman's agreement. What comes next?

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Not only is Trump inventing his own school of math. but he is also pretending that paying more than market rates for drugs is a savings.

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AI surveillance and algorithmic management threaten worker autonomy and dignity.

Today's Iran war update: Trump still seems primed to attack again in Iran even as costs to the US and Israel mount.

Bayer got a blistering dressing-down from a Federal judge over a proposed sneaky settlement but it is not clear what happens next.

The Trump and Netanyahu governments appear to have big ambitions for the newly freed Hernández, including putting him back in power in Honduras.

Quelle surprise! Social media kingpins are more successful at exploiting the lower orders

Why the US sanctions regime has become a dead letter.

A good recap of the Monsanto glyphosate case now before the Supreme Court, including its broader implications.

Today's Iran war update: the appearance of limited action continues to mask ongoing damage to the world economy

To what degree is the Trump Administration implementing its much-ballyhooed US National Defense Strategy?

The future of U.S. dominance relies on making governments dependent on technology companies that have effectively become part of the State

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The Make America Great Again mega yacht springs another leak.

White Sun of the Desert is a tale of high adventure set in the far east of Soviet Russia.

All of the ominous signs that have preceded previous "suprise attacks" on Iran are here: the markets are closed for the weekend, Kushner and Witkoff are headed to Pakistan for negotiations, and US forces are assembling across West Asia.

Quelle surprise! Punitive food stamp restrictions do not produce an increase in work levels.

The Mexican state of Chihuahua is spelled with the letters "CIA".

Palantir’s manifesto is the stated agenda of a new class within the system’s power structure, driven by a binary worldview of 0 and 1

Inflation is hitting U.S. shores and more bad war news keeps making the MSM. Plus, Iran seized some ships and Israel is Gaza-ing Lebanon.

Michigan is on the frontlines of the American Democratic Party's internal battles over Israel with a competitive U.S. Senate primary and lingering fallout from the suppression of Pro-Palestine campus protests.

POTUS Trump extended the ceasefire despite Iran refusing to send a delegation to Islamabad for more negotiations. Plus, "Is There a Method to America's Madness?" pro and con.

Israel’s pursuit of territorial expansion is driven by persistent security and ideological pressures, but the conditions required for successful consolidation are increasingly absent. A dense web of constraints—geographic, demographic, legal, and geopolitical—prevents expansion from producing durable stability. The result is a pattern of recurring conflict and bounded escalation without resolution.

Increased incorporation of software into consumer products like cars means licensing is eroding privacy and ownership.

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Trump is pursuing the Reagan strategy of threatening Russia's partnerships. Will that work?

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Are the Gulf states a wild card that could unblock the impasse between the US and Iran?

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Cut off of Kazakh oil through Druzhba pipeline amid global supply crunch deepens Germany’s crises.

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The Ellison infotainment empire financed by father Larry and nominally helmed by son David, may have peaked with the shareholder approval of Paramount-Skydance's purchase of WBD (Warner Bros Discovery).

A western media distracted by Saturday night's alleged attack on Trump is letting the Iran War narrative dissolve into several related streams as the ceasefire continues, except in Lebanon and the high seas.

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Or how defeat in the Iran War will accelerate American global decline.

A dangerous right-wing solution to homelessness is to hide the unhoused in out-of-sight detention camps

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Today's Iran War update: Is Team Trump driven by narrative wars because they are the only ones they can kinda sorta win?

Two major studies suggest tens of millions of people thought safe from coastal flooding are now at risk from sea level increases.

Michael Hudson explains the dangers and costs of Wall Street’s Ponzi schemes.

Wildfires now have longer burn-times; California has about 550 more fire-friendly hours a year than it did in the 1970s.

We have discussed the Great American Food System (GAFS) throughout this series, most recently in review of What to Eat Now (2025) by Marion Nestle.  That the GAFS is productive, in both tonnage and profit (for some) is a given.  But a common view of its critics is that much of this production is misguided, […]

AI appears to perform no better than astrology, yet even the author of this critical piece defends its use in medicine.