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Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – March 08, 2026 by Tony Wikrent War Rubio Says the US Launched a War With Iran Because Israel Was Planning To Attack Dave DeCamp, March 2, 2026 [DefendDemocracy.Press] “It was abundantly clear that if Iran came under attack by anyone, the United States, Israel, or anyone, they were going to […]
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Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – March 14, 2026 by Tony Wikrent War US Navy tells shipping industry Hormuz escorts not possible for now Jonathan Saul, March 10, 2026 [Reuters, via gcaptain] The U.S. Navy has refused near-daily requests from the shipping industry for military escorts through the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the war […]
I thank Alessandra Panizza for taking the time to review Brave New Wild (Jan-Feb), and for her forthright defence of an alternative model of social and scientific development, but her review contains a number of claims (or implications) that misconstrue my argument.
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Use to discuss topics unrelated to recent posts. Nothing on the new Iran war, I’ll have a post up on that soon.
~by Sean Paul Kelley I don’t know if we’re going to bomb Iran or not. I hope we don’t but hope is not a policy. All I’m left with is my personal experience in Iran and how I go about analyzing foreign affairs. As many of you know, I’m a realist. Once upon a time, […]
Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – February 22, 2026 by Tony Wikrent Don’t Be Fooled By the Corrupt Court’s Tariff Decision Josh Marshall, February 20, 2026 [Talking Points Memo] The depth of the Supreme Court’s corruption has forced us to find new language to describe its actions. Today’s decision, undoing Trump’s massive array of tariffs that […]
The world is on fire – and I’ve often been at a loss for how to constructively contribute to public discourse. For decades, I have shared knowledge gained through fieldwork to offer a different perspective on complex sociotechnical matters. Too often these days, I find myself banging my head against the wall while navigating the […]