Freida Berrigan: 90 Seconds to Midnight – The Doomsday Clock and Me
The potency of the warning of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists’ Doomsday Clock seems to be fading….when the urgency is high.
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Why Do Mainstream Democrats Hate Matt Taibbi?
In which the Democrats show their true colors as vicious discipliniarians.
Read more...The GOP’s Big Bold Plan to Bring Back Child Labor
Back to the era of child labor? Paging Charles Dickens…
Read more...Your Political Rivals Aren’t as Bad as You Think – Here’s How Misunderstandings Amplify Hostility
Some ideas for how to dial down your political hostility.
Read more...The Non-Profit Industrial Complex Helps Keep the Student Loan Debt Crisis Going
Money made off the backs of students goes back into nonprofits to push college “access” and awareness of financial options.
Read more...“Biden’s Awkward Democracy Summit”
The US trying even harder to tout the virtues of its ideas of democracy is not winning friends or influencing people.
Read more...How Debt Dynamics Polarize Economic and Political Power
An overview from Michael Hudson’s new book, The Collapse of Antiquity, which extends his analysis of how debt creates an entrenched elite.
Read more...Gender Reveal… It’s Brands!
On gender proliferation.
Read more...Secession Is Here: States, Cities and the Wealthy Are Already Withdrawing from America
Alienation and separatism can go a long long way before getting to outright secession, and they still have real consequences.
Read more...California’s Covid Misinformation Law Is Entangled in Lawsuits, Conflicting Rulings
California’s Covid censorship law has not yet been killed by the judiciary, sadly.
Read more...Minnesota Becomes 4th State to Provide Free School Meals to All Kids
Child labor makes a comeback as there’s no such thing as a free lunch in 46 US states.
Read more...Norfolk Southern CEO Makes Obligatory Congressional Appearance But Doesn’t Commit to Rail Safety Changes
The Norfolk Southern CEO dialled in his Congressional testimony as more and more damning details about the Ohio crash emerge.
Read more...Escape from Muddle Land
Peter Dorman files a report from radical subjectivity land so you don’t have to go there.
Read more...The Case Against Animal Individualism
Environmental stewardship efforts should aim to protect and connect natural systems, not save chosen animal species.
Read more...Body Dysmorphic Disorder Is More Common than Eating Disorders Like Anorexia and Bulimia, Yet Few People Are Aware of Its Dangers
A profile of body dysmorphic disorder.
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