Too many voters are insufficiently informed and reflective to vote other than tribally or self-interestedly in exploitable ways due to failings in how we conceive of 'education', writes AC Grayling
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Caroline Slocock – director of think tank Civil Exchange – explores how politicians' respect for our democratic institutions has shifted since she was the first female private secretary at No. 10 under Margaret Thatcher
For a brief moment, America is refusing to be an accountability-free zone. Will it last?
I’m on Comic News Insider! Comic News Insider Interview I’m interviewed by the great Jimmy Aquino on episode #1418 of his Comic News Insider podcast, alongside Dean Haspiel, one of many interviews Jimmy conducted on the floor at SDCC. It’s a great listen, and I brought a goose! Con and On #2 is Out Next Wednesday […]
U.S.-trained military officers have taken part in 11 coups in West Africa since 2008.
The post Niger Mutiny: Another U.S.-Trained Military Officer Led Coup appeared first on The Intercept.
U.S.-trained military officers have taken part in 11 coups in West Africa since 2008.
The post Niger Mutiny: Another U.S.-Trained Military Officer Led Coup appeared first on The Intercept.
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For St. Louis Fed social media followers, measures of GDP, the labor market and financial market stress have been among the most popular in the first half of the year.
¾ cup rice2 cups milk4 tablespoons sugarPinch of saltPears poached in syrupWhipped cream Custard4 egg yolks4 tablespoons sugar4 tablespoons cornstarch2 cups milkVanilla extract1 tablespoon gelatine6 tablespoons heavy cream1-2 tablespoons Kirsch Simmer rice in milk, sugar and salt until tender. Cool. To make custard: combine egg yolks and sugar, and beat well. Add cornstarch and blend […]
The spectacular implosion of a popular delusion about livestock farming. By George Monbiot, published on monbiot.com, 2nd August 2023 Every industry has its apparatus of justification. The more damaging the industry, the greater the effort spent constructing it. Few if any industries are as damaging as meat production, especially meat production from ruminant animals, such […]
Putin is quite likely to silence Prigozhin, but he’s equally likely to let him retain control of the notorious St Petersburg-based Internet Research Agency which specialises in influencing foreign elections, writes Brian Latham
It’s Wednesday and there are a few topics that warrant some comment. But at the top of the topics were headlines this morning shouting out that the US treasury bonds had been downgraded by one of those self-serving credit rating agencies, as if it was an event worthy of some import. The journalists obviously do…
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I don’t have anything original to say, but it seems important enough to discuss. I’m going to pre-emptively rule out Trumpism and bothsidesism: you can take that to X or tell it to Ernst Thaelmann.
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