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At least when it comes to “great” powers and war these days, one lesson seems clear enough: there simply is nothing great about them, except their power to destroy not just the enemy, but themselves as well.
If EARN IT passes, we’re likely to see state lawmakers step in and mandate scanning of messages and other files similar to the plan that Apple wisely walked away from last year.
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A class-action lawsuit against a California-based grocery retailer could set a new precedent against union-busters.
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The school pumped billions into a Blackstone real estate fund eager to evict tenants and jack up student rents in the midst of a major housing crisis.
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The blue state could become the 20th in the U.S. to enact a so-called critical infrastructure law.
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- by Dorthe Berntsen
The American experience of war since 1945 should have offered an all-too-obvious lesson for us, as well as for the planet’s other great powers, when it comes to the value of giant military establishments and the conflicts that go with them.
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Rambling emerged as a mass recreational activity in the last few decades of the nineteenth century in northern English areas increasingly swallowed by early capitalism’s apocalyptic landscape. It was a time when visitors to the premier industrial city of Manchester were welcomed by belching plumes of black smoke. In a short essay, Charles Dickens would describe its […]
Finally a smoking gun on Covid vaccine injuries? Alex Berenson may have found one in Moderna's own data.
On this day in 2013, the Rana Plaza building collapsed, killing at least 1,134 garment workers and injuring over 2,500 more. The building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, housed five garment factories, and the incident remains the deadliest factory accident in history. The day before, workers had reported cracks in the walls to the building managers, but […]
A couple of years ago, Paul Krugman had a piece up on his blog arguing that the ‘discipline of modelling’ is a sine qua non for tackling politically and emotionally charged economic issues: In my experience, modeling is a helpful tool (among others) in avoiding that trap, in being self-aware when you’re starting to let your […]
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Clearing up misinformation about the new Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage fees, coming into effect May 1.
The long road to "Orange."
Change is HARD.
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