How the Electric War Is Redrawing the Ukraine Map – In Black
Like so many things, the electric war has developed not necessarily to Ukraine’s advantage.
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A Simple Desultory Analytic (Or How I Was Peter Turchin’d Into Perdition) by “I lost my harmonica albrt”
A discussion of Peter Turchin’s End Times: Elites Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration.
Read more...Devolution and the Decline in Operational Capacity and Elite/Managerial Competence
Has devolution, as in technologies that increase output at the cost of skill, contributed to the decline in operational capability?
Read more...Michael Hudson: Germany as Collateral Damage in America’s New Cold War
A reminder of how Germany has committed economic suicide rather than say “no” to the US.
Read more...The Global Pharmaceutical Industry Isn’t Investing in Products for the Greatest Burden of Human Disease – Are Non-Profits a Solution?
How to increase development of pharmaceuticals to treat tropical diseases, which afflict millions yet are neglected?
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Rising Talk of School Closures Fuels Expansion of the Community Schools Movement
Instead of closing schools, many communities are pushing their districts to think about schools differently.
Read more...Yellen Plans To Confront China For ‘Unfair’ Clean Energy Subsidies
Treasury Secretary Yellen is complaining to China about allegedly improper green energy subsidies. But is her beef well founded?
Read more...Tweaking US Trade Policy Could Hold the Key to Reducing Migration from Central America
How much of a role did a mid-2000s Central America trade deal play in the migration surge to the US from the region?
Read more...Of Life and Lithium
A look at the implications of demand for lithium thanks to plans to increase electric vehicle sales.
Read more...IMF, in a Quiet Slap to the US, Urges Non-Alignment in Second Cold War
When you’ve lost the IMF…..
Read more...Democrats Furiously Finger-Wagging Over Billionaire Nicole Shanahan as RFK, Jr.’s Vice Presidential Pick
A short look at the Democrat-aligned-press breakdown over the RFK, Jr. choice of Silicon Valley’s Nichole Shanahan as his VP.
Read more...The Crocus City Hall Attack – An Operational Failure
The Crocus City Hall attack does not appear to have achieved any of its presumed aims, beyond the death count.
Read more...Western Wind Turbine Manufacturers Struggle to Compete with Chinese Pricing
The US, UK and Europe fall behind China in a supposed priority area, wind turbines.
Read more...Baltimore Bridge Crash: Risk Management Questions
Why it’s a mistake to think of the Baltimore bridge collapse as catastrophic bad luck.
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