Category Archives: Guest Post

The Colorado Psychedelic Mushroom Experiment Has Arrived

Colorado joins Oregon in green-lighting the very much supervised use of psychecelic mushrooms.

Satyajit Das: DOGE – The Accelerant in American Decline

Republicans find DOGE’s actions are not universally popular. US courts have begun disallowing cancellation of contracts and terminations

The Middle East Logistics Wars

The US pursues the India-Middle East-Europe Corridor while attempting to kill other logistics corridors involving China, Iran, and Russia.

The Little-Known ‘Supreme Court Justices’ Who Decide Your Electricity Rates

A few people in each state oversee where and how we get electricity. They’re called public utility commissioners.

Digital imperialism: How US Social Media Firms Are Using American Law to Challenge Global Tech Regulation

An update on the hard-fought battle between foreign states trying to regulate social media platforms and the broligarchs.

Coffee Break: End-of-the-Week Thoughts on Science and Other Matters Arising

Today’s Coffee Break: Scientific research on chronic and infectious disease in jeopardy; recent advances in evolutionary biology

Medicine Is Under-Politicised in the UK

A further discussion of how societal problems that impact medicine and health policy are largely kept out of political discourse.

Moody’s Heaps Further Pressure on Mexico’s Economy by Changing Outlook of Banking System to Negative

This time, it’s not just Wall Street banks that should be worried about the contagion risks of a full-blown banking crisis in Mexico. So, too, should their European counterparts.

Judge Blocks DOGE ‘Fishing Expedition’ in Sensitive Social Security Data Systems

A small win for Social Security beneficiaries in the battle against destruction by DOGE.

The Structural Transformation of the Public Space: High Street Changes and Populism

An intriguing connection between retail districts and populism.

Replacing Foreign Aid: A Macroeconomic Plan B for Ukraine (and Europe)

Some Serious Economists make an analytically desperate justification of Europe providing big-ticket economic assistance to Ukraine

How an Israeli-US Startup Wants to Make Geoengineering Profitable

Forget contrails. Here’s a geoengineering initiative that should give cause for pause.

Is the Endgame with Iran About to Begin?

An update on US escalatory noises about Iran.

Will Russia Expand Its Ground Campaign Into Sumy, Dniepropetrovsk, and/or Kharkov Regions?

Where might Russia take the Ukraine conflict next?

A Strange “Peace” in the South Caucasus and the Encirclement of Iran

What to make of the proposed deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan as preparations for war continue and the West looks to destabilize Iran.