High-Tech Militarists Are Hijacking the Trump Administration
By The Nation
William D. Hartung Breathtaking conflicts of…
➔ iPeace in Ukraine Needn't Mean Russian Victory
By The Wall Street Journal
It serves U.S. interests to keep backing Kyiv so…
➔ iDems go mediocre, a party lost in the funhouse and other commentary
By New York Post
Democrats have “nothing of interest to say,”…
➔ iNew York is spending $36,293 per public-school student as special interests rob the public blind
By New York Post
New York’s schools are failing our children.
➔ iTikTok is the only truly democratic social platform. A US ban would rob us all | Sophia Smith Galer
By The Guardian
Nothing has challenged Silicon Valley like the…
➔ iRubio Confirmation Hearing Centers on China
By The American Conservative
State of the Union: Rubio warns against rise of…
➔ iWhat do the Los Angeles fires tell us about the coming water wars? | Judith Levine
By The Guardian
Will water soon be a marketable commodity or a…
➔ iKeir Starmer’s handling of the Tulip Siddiq affair forms part of a worrying pattern | Martin…
By The Guardian
A blind spot on standards has marked the new…
➔ iBen-Gvir said the quiet part out loud: Netanyahu sacrificed hostages for personal interest
By Haaretz
➔ iBessent's 3-3-3 Economic Growth Plan and the 5-4-3 Threat
By The Wall Street Journal
Persistent inflation and high interest rates…
➔ iArmenia-Azerbaijan Peace Deal: A Golden Opportunity for Trump
By The Wall Street Journal
The two countries are eager to resolve their…
➔ iAs tech barons dial up the spreading of lies, why is the BBC dialling down the reporting of truth?…
By The Guardian
A damning report shows how local news cuts…
➔ iThe Guardian view on the LA fires: Donald Trump’s denial and division fuel climate inaction |…
By The Guardian
Events in California reveal how political…
➔ iThe spiralling cost of borrowing spells trouble for Rachel Reeves – but she must hold her nerve |…
By The Guardian
There is no need to panic: the government’s…
➔ iLook at the underside of a log, and you’ll find my new obsession: the beautiful, bonkers world of…
By The Guardian
These tiny organisms matter. They have been used…
➔ iBig houses, small houses, we just need (a lot) more houses
By The Washington Post
There’s a housing crisis in America: high…
➔ iI tried ‘intermittent sobriety’. Here’s what I learned jumping on and off the wagon | Arwa…
By The Guardian
While this is by no means health advice, these…
➔ iI can just see those dinosaurs plodding through the Cotswold mud | Mike Pitts
By The Guardian
A dig near Bicester has uncovered spectacular…
➔ iOpinion: California utilities have lofty climate goals. Too bad their customers are in the dark
By Los Angeles Times
Consumers are largely unaware of and uninterested…
➔ iLast of the breed
By American Thinker
It's interesting that Carter’s death…
➔ iThis play's abortion scene made grown men faint – and I’m thrilled it’s about to get a bigger…
By The Guardian
Annie Ernaux’s The Years is transferring to the…
➔ iLabour’s economic agenda has all the right ideas – but it’s a race against time to make it…
By The Guardian
This government needs to reverse at least three…
➔ iThe Argentine Miracle
By The American Conservative
Javier Milei’s administration in Argentina…
➔ iIn a war between tech bros and core MAGA, the winner is easy to spot
By The Washington Post
They are a selfish bunch who have shown time and…
➔ iThe Panama Question
By The American Conservative
Trump’s canal comments resurrect a forgotten…
➔ iTrump’s Greenland grab and more: Letters to the Editor — Dec. 29, 2024
By New York Post
NY Post readers discuss President-elect Donald…
➔ iAcross the west, the centre right is collapsing – and with it, any notion of what is ‘too…
By The Guardian
So-called moderates are mimicking populist…
➔ iLeave Syria to the Syrians
By The American Conservative
The U.S. has no national interest in this messy…
➔ iTrump's Tariffs Will Refill the Swamp
By The Wall Street Journal
Levies on imported goods produce more business…
➔ iThe IDF's own sickening 'Zone of Interest' in the heart of Gaza
By Haaretz
➔ iDeciding to read a book a week was the best new year resolution I ever made | Katie Cunningham
By The Guardian
I read 52 books that year and I’ve kept the…
➔ iSo Gloucester services is the best in Britain? Let a true pitstop connoisseur be the judge of that…
By The Guardian
With its herb garden, deli counter and ‘living…
➔ iThe non-existent 'trans-genocide'
By American Thinker
Most Americans aren’t impressed and…
➔ iCapitalism and enlightened self-interest
By American Thinker
Only one economic system accounts for human…
➔ iThese are the options we face in Syria, and what is good for us
By Yedioth News
Analysis - Damascus faces three strategic…
➔ iOpinion: Fear of forest fires fuels unnecessary and unhelpful logging on public lands
By The Denver Post
Humanity’s earliest irrational fear of forests…
➔ iThe economy returns to a new (old) normal, leaving Trump fewer options
By The Washington Post
The era of free money is over. The new normal is…
➔ iThe Biden LNG Export Gambit Fails
By The Wall Street Journal
Granholm and Podesta wanted a permanent ban, but…
➔ iIt’s easier than you think to get the measure of Kemi Badenoch – just ask around in Nigeria |…
By The Guardian
The Tory leader seems to see her country of…
➔ iRFK, Polio Vaccines, the Media and Me
By The Wall Street Journal
The media has distorted my legal work on behalf…
➔ iWall Street Journal blows it on interest rates and inflation
By American Thinker
Why not keep interest rates where they are? Here…
➔ iIn bargaining on a new Commanders site, D.C. is left on the sidelines
By The Washington Post
Maryland’s senators are promoting their…
➔ iA Question for Jerome Powell: Why Cut Interest Rates Now?
By The Wall Street Journal
Progress against inflation has stalled, and…
➔ iEditorial: Another year, another broken promise to curb air pollution from L.A. ports
By Los Angeles Times
Southern California air quality officials have…
➔ iSeoul’s constitutional crisis has upset East Asia’s security status quo
By New York Post
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s misuse…
➔ iSyria’s future must be determined by Syrians, not outside powers | Mohamad Bazzi
By The Guardian
The Assad family’s brutal half-century reign…
➔ iHow to give a bad gift
By The Washington Post
You expressed a vague interest in something once,…
➔ iLuigi Mangione is the median American voter | Peter Rothpletz
By The Guardian
He’s a highly educated, heterodox, politically…
➔ iMicromanaging Foreign Nations: A Bipartisan Syndrome
By The American Conservative
It does not serve American interests to cajole…
➔ iWhat South Korea’s Turmoil Means for U.S. Interests
By The American Conservative
The Washington-Seoul-Tokyo entente is growing…
➔ iKash Patel Doesn't Belong at the FBI
By The Wall Street Journal
At the NSC, he was less interested in his…
➔ iTrade Policy Means More Than Tariffs
By The Wall Street Journal
An offensive agenda is necessary to promote U.S...
➔ iCanadian Christians dishonored
By American Thinker
Almost every other special interest group gets…
➔ iBiden's Moment of Truth on U.S. Steel
By The Wall Street Journal
He can approve a Nippon Steel offer that is in…
➔ iUkraine’s Neighbors Are Turning Their Backs
By Foreign Policy
Ukraine’s European border states are crucial…
➔ iGOP self-interest can protect us from the MAGA agenda
By The Washington Post
How to combat Trump using the GOP. Plus: Ben…
➔ iThe Guardian view on Syrian turmoil: alliances shift while Assad’s grip weakens | Editorial
By The Guardian
With a dictatorship under pressure, a nation’s…
➔ iTrump’s New FBI Guy Has Quite an Interesting Past With QAnon!
By Slate
Kash Patel’s sinister opportunism extends…
➔ iFears of Syria's collapse: Israel's dilemmas and Erdoğan's interests
By Yedioth News
Commentary: Rebels advance south and east, posing…
➔ iWhat do the latest GDP figures tell us? That the RBA is still getting it very wrong | Greg Jericho
By The Guardian
It’s time the reserve started undoing the…
➔ iNatural allies: Iranians reject regime’s anti-Israel policies
By Yedioth News
Opinion: Once allies, Iran and Israel now face…
➔ iOpinion: Colorado’s law dictating transgender care violates free speech
By The Denver Post
Ideally, Colorado lawmakers would support free…
➔ iThe Limits to a Trump-Milei Alignment
By The American Conservative
There are fundamental tensions between American…
➔ iWhy is Donald Trump talking up crypto?
By The Washington Post
Trump’s new decentralized finance business…
➔ iThe Pitfalls for Europe of a Trump-Putin Deal on Ukraine
By Foreign Policy
Russian interest in peace is no given, and Europe…
➔ iGASP! A Trump Hanger-On May Have Acted in His Own Financial Interest Rather Than in the Public’s.
By Slate
You’ll be shocked that there’s already news…
➔ iWhy Trump Really Should 'Buy' Greenland
By The Wall Street Journal
As the island pursues independence, the U.S. can…
➔ iTrump and Sanders want to cap credit card rates. But there’s a catch.
By The Washington Post
Limiting interest rates would make it harder for…
➔ iHere’s what I learned at Cop29. Rows aside, an unstoppable transition to clean energy is…
By The Guardian
Britain wanted much better outcomes on many…
➔ iWhat has happened to gambling reform under Labor? It’s simple – the government has been cowed…
By The Guardian
A year ago, at Peta Murphy’s funeral, I felt…
➔ iAustralia took its interest rate medicine – and it has poisoned our living standards | Greg…
By The Guardian
Even as we spent less, the Reserve Bank kept…
➔ iTrump Probably Won't Try to Fire Jerome Powell
By The Wall Street Journal
But his successor will face pressure to bring…
➔ iTrump's Churchillian Option for Peace in Ukraine
By The Wall Street Journal
Defeating Russia is in the interests of America...
➔ iRFK Jr. has some good ideas. It’s what makes him so dangerous.
By The Washington Post
People are justifiably alarmed at the prospect of…
➔ iSneaky, excessive and unjustified: why Labor’s electoral reforms are vulnerable to constitutional…
By The Guardian
A political donor will be able to donate up to…
➔ iRussia’s Plans to Replace the Dollar Are Going Nowhere
By Foreign Policy
BRICS countries show little interest in…
➔ iThe ‘duh’ reason Hispanics voted for Trump
By American Thinker
Some liberal commentators are saying Hispanics…
➔ iHow a small group of Amazon workers took on big business and challenged traditional unions | Kenan…
By The Guardian
A documentary about unionising the company’s…
➔ iFarmers have hoarded land for too long. Inheritance tax will bring new life to rural Britain | Will…
By The Guardian
Prices and rents will fall under Rachel Reeves’…
➔ iIt’s time for the RBA to admit its fears of a wage-price spiral were misguided – and cut…
By The Guardian
It is quite infuriating now, as we look back with…
➔ iThe UN Security Council has no moral compass
By Yedioth News
Opinion: The UNSC has sunk to attacking Israel…
➔ iWhy on earth do the rich keep bankrolling Prince Andrew? | Gaby Hinsliff
By The Guardian
Despite his fall from grace, the royal always…
➔ iThe long Obama era is over | Osita Nwanevu
By The Guardian
The Democrats must learn to speak to voters who…
➔ iThe 2024 Election's Other Loser: Economists
By The Wall Street Journal
The field fails to attend to the problems that…
➔ iIgnore the doom-mongers: the good news on interest rates shows Labour is on the right track |…
By The Guardian
Narratives matter in economics, and we must…
➔ iThe prospect of Australia’s defence being dependent on the whim of Donald Trump points to a need…
By The Guardian
It’s time to re-read Australia’s 2017 foreign…
➔ iHow Gender Shaped the Election Results
By Foreign Policy
Exit poll data paints an interesting picture.
➔ iOpinion: Foreign interference is now the norm, and it could fuel more violence under Trump
By Los Angeles Times
Other nations aren't just interested in tilting…
➔ iThe Biden Economy Is 'Glorious'---if You're Wealthy
By The Wall Street Journal
Asset values have grown, but the working class…
➔ iJ.D. Vance Says a War With Iran Is Not in the U.S. Interest
By The American Conservative
The vice-presidential candidate’s comments are…
➔ iThe Liberal party is 80 years old. But what would Menzies think of Peter Dutton’s divisive…
By The Guardian
The purpose of a political party, Menzies…
➔ iPresidents' Words of Wisdom
"When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were—to the very last minute—a chance to lose it."
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
"I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there’s purpose and worth to each and every life."
- Ronald Reagan