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Even under Trump, feds charge Idaho couple with wetland violations
Key takeaways AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. From the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Education to the Internal Revenue Service and the State Department, the Trump administration has not…
Economic Measurement and the Mirage of Exactness
In contentious political environments, economic data rarely stand as objective measures. They are transformed into talking points and wielded to justify policies as much as to describe reality. A monthly jobs report, a…
Economic Measurement and the Mirage of Exactness
In contentious political environments, economic data rarely stand as objective measures. They are transformed into talking points and wielded to justify policies as much as to describe reality. A monthly
Bolivia’s Defeat of Socialism Signals a Continental Realignment
It took 20 years to defeat Evo Morales’s Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) in Bolivia through elections. Two decades of political battle lines, along with a so-called “cultural war,” run deep
Bolivia’s Defeat of Socialism Signals a Continental Realignment
It took 20 years to defeat Evo Morales’s Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) in Bolivia through elections. Two decades of political battle lines, along with a so-called “cultural war,” run deep in the region. MAS rose to power…
Can the weather help end the Russia-Ukraine war?
As many of you know, I am big on weather events impacting history. I won’t go into the examples, because, quite frankly, you could write a book on it. But we all know how the weather played a huge role in World War II (D-Day,…
Democrat Party Losing Membership As Mainstream Finally Sounds The Alarm Bells
By Manzanita Miller A comprehensive New York Times report is sounding the alarm bells for Democrats ahead of important gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia, and the 2026 midterm elections next year. The report,…
The international climate court outrage
President Reagan knew what he was doing when he withdrew the U.S. from the jurisdiction of the UN International Court of Justice (the World Court) in 1986. The World Court issued an advisory opinion that the UN may require…
Fueling our nuclear future
Most U.S. nuclear power plants are fueled by uranium oxide (urania), which has a sufficiently high fissile density, exhibited good stability, and effectively retained fission products. Urania is also highly resistant to…
Can Latin America’s Superwoman Save Venezuela?
Life is busy for twenty-first century women, and Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado is no exception. There are a lot of plates to keep spinning—keeping track of adult children living abroad, exposing a rigged national election,…
