Doomsday scenarios
‘The World Paid the Price’: Biden’s Outgoing Covid Czar Jeffrey Zients Rebuked Over Failures
The Zients-led Covid response refused to challenge drug company overlords by promoting non-pharmaceutical interventions.
The World Could See A Record-Breaking Oil Supply Shock
Unless the West blinks on Russian sanctions, high oil prices seem destined to go even higher.
The Worrying Murkiness of Institutional Biosafety Committees
Experts say institutional biosafety committees are a crucial to ensuring the safety of biomedical research. Critics say they are too opaque.
John Helmer: “Zelensky Himself Is Now in Polish Hands;” March 15 Summit with Polish, Czech, and Slovenian Prime Ministers in Przemysl, Poland, Not Kiev
It appears Urkainian President Zelensky was not in Kiev on March 15 as widely reported, but in Poland....and presumably still is there.
Is Joe Manchin Lucy or the Football?
Why Joe Manchin is merely a convenient excuse for what is wrong with Democrats and soi disant progressives.
The World Is Facing A Critical Diesel Shortage
An oil price drop gives an illusory sense of relief from an ongoing and set to worsen diesel squeeze.
Legal Action Against Shell Board Previews Wave of Lawsuits Against Company Directors
Sadly, the idea of suing corporate board members over climate change inaction does not seem likely to go anywhere.
New Cold War: Arsenal of Democracy or Simply an Arsenal?
The new Cold War as the gift that keeps giving to America's arms merchants.
An American in Siberia Gives a Preliminary Assessment of the Impact of Sanctions on Russia
An on-the-ground take on how Western sanctions are affecting ordinary Russians.
Ukraine: How the Global Fertilizer Shortage Is Going to Affect Food
A detailed looks at fertilizer production and economics, and the impact the war in Ukraine migtht have on supplies.