How did Robert Frost so perfectly capture a moment of timelessness? Discover the hidden craft in this classic’s simplicity
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Gen. Ken Wilsbach promotes nuclear “recapitalization” in his first memo to the Air Force — fueling fear of a radical shift away from nukes acting solely as deterrence.
The post New Air Force Chief Boosts Nuclear Buildup, Moving Away From Deterrence, Experts Warn appeared first on The Intercept.
Many of us crave trivial details while ignoring much of the world around us. Research helps explain this selective curiosity
- by Tommy Blanchard
‘Scientific motherhood’ promised to create high standards for child-rearing. But it’s really a system designed to police women
- by Sherry Chan
The Labour Home Secretary has spent her first months in the job actively enabling the forces of the populist right, argues Jon Bloomfield and David Edgar
Peekaboo Bosh is the third novella by the prolific author and publisher John King. The book develops many of the themes surrounding animal and human rights and moral philosophy previously explored in his 2018 novel, Slaughterhouse Prayer; it also marks a welcome return to the fray of animal-rights activist Mickey Moo, who first appears in […]
Det är uppenbarligen inte bara yours truly som reagerat på att vissa av dagens euroförespråkare fortfarande mest ser euromedlemskapet som en fråga om eventuella utrikeshandelsvinster: Erfarenheterna från eurokrisen förskräcker: länder tvingades till massarbetslöshet och nedskärningar när de inte kunde leva upp till externt bestämda finansiella mål. I dag ser vi hur budgetreglerna förbjuder Frankrike att […]
Last Friday (December 5, 2025), I filmed an extended discussion with my Kyoto University colleague, Professor Fujii about a range of issues concerning the Japanese and Global economy. Once it is edited, the video will be available on YouTube. Fujii-sensei is advising the new Japanese Prime Minister and is the author of the ‘Responsible proactive…
Jamie Morgan: To a member of the public it must seem weird that it is possible to state, as you do, such fundamental criticism of an entire field of study. The perplexing issue from a third party point of view is how do we reconcile good intention (or at least legitimate sense of self as […]
One Nation leader (for now), Pauline Hanson and Australia’s most prominent adulterer, Barnaby Joyce, have announced that they will be getting together to record a Christmas single: Six White Boomers. ”Barnaby and I were hitting the Friday night karaoke and... Read More ›
For The War Between the Land and the Sea premiere week, we look back at the Big Finish audio where the Ninth Doctor met the Sea Devils.
A eureka moment in the pub could help transform our understanding of the ground beneath our feet. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 5th December 2025 It felt like walking up a mountain during a temperature inversion. You struggle through fog so dense you can scarcely see where you’re going. Suddenly, you break through […]
YouTube offered conflicting explanations for deleting the account of Robert Inlakesh, who covered Israel’s occupation of the West Bank.
The post A Journalist Reported From Palestine. YouTube Deleted His Account Claiming He’s an Iranian Agent. appeared first on The Intercept.
The Hahn problem stands as a profound and frequently ignored embarrassment for monetary economics. Frank Hahn, writing in the 1960s and 1970s, posed an apparently disarmingly simple question: how can money — intrinsically worthless printed paper — possess value in a perfectly competitive general-equilibrium economy? In the mainstream Arrow–Debreu world, individuals hold only assets that […]
Under former airline lobbyist Sean Duffy, the Transportation Department is rolling back consumer protections for travelers.
Based on what Doctor Who Showrunner and 2026 Christmas Special writer Russell T. Davies shared, the BBC really likes what he has planned.
Dear ES/PE community members, find below and benefit from an abundant list of great academic opportunities: 21 calls for papers for conferences (some are partly and fully funded) and special issues, 10 postdoc positions, 4 job openings, 3 PhD scholarships, 2 courses, and an award in economic sociology, political economy, and broadly related fields, with deadlines […]
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