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In the mid-to-late 2000s, Southampton F.C. supporters sang a refrain at St. Mary’s Stadium about then club chairman (and current Reform UK MP for Great Yarmouth) Rupert Lowe: Swing low Swing Rupert Lowe Swing him from the Itchen Bridge Lowe seems to create conflict everywhere he goes. Having originally seemed willing to fall in line […]

As the ballistic missiles between Iran and Qatar seem to have gone quiet for the time being I am making another attempt to get to Europe today for work commitments. Last week, my flights were cancelled due to the disruptions around Doha Airport. Anyway, fingers crossed. I will be back writing here again on Thursday,…

I’ve held off posting this in the hope of coming up with some kind of positive response, but I haven’t got one. When I wrote back in November 2024 that Trump’s dictatorship was a fait accompi there was still plenty of room for people to disagree. But (with the exception of an announced state of emergency) it’s turned […]

In defense circles, “cutting” the Pentagon budget has once again become a topic of conversation.  Americans should not confuse that talk with reality.  Any cuts exacted will at most reduce the rate of growth.  The essential facts remain: U.S. military outlays today equal that of every other nation on the planet combined, a situation without precedent in modern history.  The Pentagon presently spends more in constant dollars than it did at any time during the Cold War — this despite the absence of anything remotely approximating what national security experts like to call a “peer competitor.”  Evil Empire?  It exists only in the fevered imaginations of those who quiver at the prospect of China adding a rust-bucket Russian aircraft carrier... Read more

Source: Cow Most Sacred appeared first on TomDispatch.com.

Mill provides a good illustration of the tension between fallibilism and anti-foundationalism​. Mill’s first principles are supposed to be empirical and not necessary truths, but for economics to be an empirical subject at all, they have to be beyond genuine doubt, since they provide the only empirical element in an otherwise deductive system. The certainty […]

The Liberal party’s next leader (spill pending), Angus Taylor, has defended the party’s new slogan of ‘no girls allowed’. ”Look, our party isn’t stuck in the 50’s we just believe that women have a place,” said Angus. ”And that place... Read More ›

After Doctor Who star Peter Davison's comments about the show's direction, it's time to discuss how nostalgia has become the show's "Daleks."

Robots take over schools, a democratic socialist takes over New York, and more from The Lever this week.

Last year, on June 28, I was hit by a truck crossing the street in Healdsburg, California. It was a really life-changing experience; with broken ribs, face, and wrist, I spent a lot of time in a haze of pain, trying to minimize the shooting jabs that would happen if I grabbed something the wrong … Continue reading One year after →

A real-life Doctor Who-like moment happened at Glastonbury when Peter Capaldi made a surprise cameo on stage to perform with Franz Ferdinand.

Republicans stumble in their war on the poor, a big state opens its mind, citizens take on dark money, and a prescription emerges for pharma profiteering.

Iranian American author Hooman Majd on the Israel–Iran ceasefire, Trump’s role in escalating the conflict, and whether diplomacy can survive.

The post Who’s the Real Bully of the Middle East? appeared first on The Intercept.

Most Democrats rallied behind a war powers resolution in the Senate, but not the caucus’s most vocally pro-Israel member.

The post Fetterman Voted With GOP to Make Sure Trump Can Attack Iran Again appeared first on The Intercept.

Da liegt die bang bis hoffnungsvoll gestellte Frage nahe: Gibt es Wohlstand auch ohne Wachstum? Und die erste, die knappe Antwort der Ökonomen lautet: Nein. Auf Dauer gibt es in unserem System keinen allgemeinen Wohlstand, ohne dass die Wirtschaft wächst. Auch wenn sie stagniert, geht der Wettbewerb im Inneren weiter, weil der Kapitalismus nicht einfach […]