Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – The Trouble with ALIS
The F-35 fighter jet is the most expensive weapons program in U.S. history, but one of its biggest failures isn’t in the air — it’s
NYC Mayor Eric Adams in Cahoots With ICE? Sudden Surge in Courthouse Arrests With Failure to Act on Illegal Detentions
In an important bit of reporting, THE CITY documents how New York City now outstrips the entire nation in its rate of ICE arrests in
Beyond Carbon: The Overlooked Health Benefits of Fuel Taxation
Yves here. We’ve pointed out that poor people often suffer health care costs by virtue of where they live. Rich people do not reside hard
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,
The West’s Ethical Framework Might Not Recover After the Israeli Genocide in Gaza
The New York Times published a story showcasing a skeletal child who later died of malnutrition. A British-Israeli “journalist-investigator” accused the paper of intentionally misleading
How States Are Placing Restrictions on AI in the Absence of Strong Federal Regulation
Yves here. On the one hand, it is gratifying to see that some curbs are being put on AI, even if in a piecemeal fashion
The “Trump Bridge” Could Lead To Russia’s Expulsion From the South Caucasus
Yves here. Before you take Andrew Korybko’s view as extreme, a new story in the Washington Post, framed as Trump hosting a meeting on Friday
Kamala Harris still has 2028 presidential hopes, why?
Kamala Harris announced she will not be running for Governor of California in 2026, but she did drop a new memoir, keeping speculation about her
Former Ambassador M. K. Bhadrakumar Throws Cold Water on the Idea That India Is Keen About BRICS
Your humble blogger has found M. K. Bhadrakumar to be a bit of a mixed bag as a geopolitical commentator. On the one hand, he’s