Sunday, November 2, 2025
Data, Power and Emissions: How AI’s Growth May Slow Down the Green Transition
AI’s power demands are producing heavier use of fossil fuels to generate electricity.
SNAP, the Nation’s Largest Food Aid Program, Is About To See Cuts. Here’s What You Should Know.
A court ruling will force the Administration to use emergency funds for SNAP benefits. But the money will run out in weeks. What then?
Coffee Break: Political Grownups, Bending Time, CDC at Sea, Snakebites, and AI Again
Part the First: Where Have All the Grownups Gone? Corey Robin is always worth reading (the first edition of The Reactionary Mind is much better than the second), and lately he has been more active publicly, here asking about the grownups: For a long time now, I’ve thought that you’re never really a grownup until […]
The Macroeconomic Implications of Extreme Weather Events: Insights from Advanced Economies
Economists are starting to come to grips with the costs of weather/climate change induced disasters. But are their approaches adequate?
The Pushback Against Marco Rubio Begins in Latin America and the Caribbean
“There will be no advances in negotiations with the United States if Marco Rubio is part of the team.” Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
A Few Thoughts About the Russian End Game in Ukraine and the Risk of Losing the Peace
New musings on what sort of conclusion to the war Russia might impose, and specifically, how Russia reduces its security risks.
Rage Against the ICE Machine
Anti-ICE protestors are showing signs of developing effective strategies and tactics.
Sudan War: Gold, a Key Port, and Two Armies With No Legitimate Claim
Sudan is being ripped apart by a conflict fueled by gold, international interest in a port on the Red Sea and two factions with no legitimacy.
Big Employers Using AI to Decimate White Collar Jobs; What Happens When Real Incomes, Employment, and Social Compacts Erode?
Big companies are cutting white collar jobs, because AI, and warn more is to come. What does this mean for the economy and social stability?
The Stage Is Set For a US-Instigated Security Dilemma Between the Eurasian Rimland & Heartland
The US and its major European and Asian allies have embarked on a Eurasia contaiment strategy. What are its prospects?
Nationalism – Good or Bad?
Richard Murphy argues that it’s long past time to stop equating all nationalism with Nazism and instead embrace a form of nationalism based on the politics of care.
Trump Team Takes Aim at State Laws Shielding Consumers’ Credit Scores From Medical Debt
More wanton Trump Administration immiseration of the non-rich, here by blocking state efforts to bar credit reporting of medical debt.
