Brian Latham looks at the very different attitudes to migration in Southern Africa compared to the UK
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Mark Temnycky shows how the greatest victims of Russian disinformation are Russians themselves
Pressure on Türkiye continues as US pushes F-16 deal that would see Ankara drop opposition to Sweden NATO bid, which became a long shot after Quran burning in Stockholm. Greece says it will expand its waters around Crete, enraging Türkiye.
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Duma Speaker warns of powerful retaliation for weapons supplies to Kiev for attacks on Russia.
Top House Democrats have shown a willingness to work with the Freedom Caucus to block progressive reforms.
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The innovative strategies used to vaccinate Juárez residents from across the Southern border offers a blueprint for how borderland cities can manage public health crises.
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The weekly report on new and revised entries at online philosophy resources and new reviews of philosophy books, including a recently introduced section featuring open-access reviews from academic philosophy journals… New: Alexander von Humboldt by Dalia Nassar. Aesthetic Experience by Antonia Peacocke. Stoicism by Marion Durand, Simon Shogry, and Dirk Baltzly. Revised: Revolution by Allen Buchanan and Alexander Motchoulski. Determinables and Determinates by Jessica Wilson. Colonialism by Margaret Kohn and Kavita Reddy. Donald Cary Williams by Keith Campbell, James Franklin, and Douglas Ehring. IEP Substance by Ralph Weir. Pseudoscience and the Determination Problem by Massimo Pigliucci. NDPR Analytical Essay on the Faculties of the Soul by Charles Bonnet is reviewed by John H. Zammito. Heidegger and the Problem of Phenomena by Fredrik Westerlund is reviewed by Jussi Backman. Epistemic Explanations: A Theory or Telic Normativity, and What it Explains by Ernest Sosa is reviewed by John Greco. Socrates on Self-Improvement: Knowledge, Virtue, and Happiness by Nicholas D. Smith is reviewed by Nicholas R. Baima.
The real problem confronting European manufacturing is not the threat of factory closures. It is that, compared to the United States and China, Europe has fallen far behind in the race to accumulate, and benefit from, the cloud capital that represents the future of profit in industries like electric cars and green energy. ATHENS – […]
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The rupture of social bonds and loss of community, caused by the decades-long assault on the poor and working class and the ravages of the pandemic, have resulted in a dangerous social isolation.
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Proverbs for introverts.
Plenty of people like to claim "1984" - but who deserves it?
The upcoming debt ceiling fight has an unusual feature: Republican opposition to military pork, or at least the Ukraine variety.
Yves here. Urban dwellers due to their limited contact with nature, are less afflicted by animal nuisances, with rats and pigeons as exceptions. However, given that focus, this post omits some favorites, like geese and invasive species such as rabbits in Australia. Animals routinely try to steal food from their fellows or other species; it’s […]
Yves needs to cut back on her coverage for a few weeks, but Lambert, Conor, Nick and KLG are already revving their engines!
"This is an extremely rare occurrence"
The stigma around pornography being a negative thing can be lifted if discussion about its positive effects can be encouraged. read now...
Second greatest scene in motion picture history… up at 4am to train and fails:
We need to default…
Yet here he is a month later:
We need to default you pussies…