Portland: Sobering Lessons in Untying the Knot of a Homeless Crisis
On the burgeoning homeless problem in Portland, and the city’s well-meaning but insufficient measures.
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Michael Hudson Talks About Almost Everything with Jonathan Brown
Another blockbuster interview with Michael Hudson.
Read more...100 Million People in America Are Saddled With Health Care Debt
An in-depth study reveals the scope and severity of medical debt in the US is much worse than previously thought.
Read more...Noam Chomsky: Ukraine Is a Diplomacy No-Go Zone
If this is what Western “realism” about Ukraine looks like, our goose is cooked.
Read more...Gazprom Reduces Gas Flows To Italy
More on the dastardly gast cuts to Europe by Gazprom.
Read more...JFK’s Canadian Coup
When Canadian PM John Diefenbaker said no to nuclear missiles in 1961, JFK helped Lester Pearson replace him.
Read more...Can the Fed Kill This Inflation Without Killing Too Many Other Things First?
Why having central banks as the inflation shock troops is not such a hot idea.
Read more...Fertilizer Prices Are Soaring – and That’s an Opportunity to Promote More Sustainable Ways of Growing Crops
The fertilizer price crisis may represent an opportunity….but can farmers take advantage of it?
Read more...Boris Johnson’s Hypocrisy on the Northern Ireland Protocol Is a New Low
Boris Johnson has threatened for some time to blow up Brexit’s Northern Ireland protoocol, and now he’s finally set the process in motion.
Read more...SWIFT Dollar Decline
US-led sanctions are inadvertently undermining post-Second World War dollar dominance. Countries threatened are respond pro-actively.
Read more...Anschluss, Again — Anticipating Poland’s Strategy in Russia’s Intelligence Assessment
Is Poland scheming? And if so, what might come of its plans?
Read more...Pursuing India’s Multi-Aligned Foreign Policy in a Multipolar World: Time for a Sister Souljah Moment?
Offensive comments by BJP officials have sparked diplomatic condemnation, at potential cost to India’s foreign policy of multi-alignment.
Read more...Western Self-Destruction Continues: US Eyepoking China, US Failed Muscling of Latin America, EU Commission Schemes to Admit Ukraine. To What End?
Western officials are doing an impressive job of making not-great to bad situations worse. What gives?
Read more...How to Stay Cool in Hot Weather
With heat waves becoming more prevalent due to climate change, planning ahead can help provide relief during the next hot spell.
Read more...Waste Watch: Colorado and New York Pass Right to Repair Measures
Two states, New York and Colorado, recently passed right to repair measures, covering digital electronics equipment and power wheelchairs.
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