Author: DPstaff

Ten Bold Moves to Indonesia Becoming a Global Beacon for Decarbonization

Indonesia is the eighth-largest contributor to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Therefore, its role in…

Thursday Poem: Avenue of Plane Trees

Things are growing strange these days,like Van Gogh’s yellow trees. Oh, do notbe surprised by…

Did the Occult Influence Karl Marx and Early Communism?

Is spiritualism and materialism paradoxical? Can they coexist? Is the inference that occult is akin…

Cities and Homes Weren’t Built For This Climate

Rather than using concrete to channel away rainwater, it is best to work with nature to…

My Word of the Year: Hostages

By Anatoly Liberman at OUP: The Hebrew word “hostages” can be translated into English as…

‘A Majority of Democratic Voters Believe Israel Is Committing Genocide’

Mehdi Hasan at Zeteo: Despite President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s impassioned…

Looking For the American Dream. In Russia.

By Peter Savodnik in The Free Press: It was probably January 2023 when Joseph Rose,…

For a Dollar, For a Battle

by John Allen Paulos at 3 Quarks Daily: An abstract paradox discussed by Yale economist…

Wednesday Poem: Images of Africa at Century’s End

By Ama Ata Aidoo @ Poetry Foundation: Who was it saidthe reason whyyou never seeBlack…

How to Co-Write a Book 3,000 Miles Apart

By Rosemarie Bodenheimer (RB) & Philip Davis (PD) at OUP Blog: RB lives outside Boston…

Things I’m Doing at 44 to Avoid Regret When I’m 74

By Dan Go at The High Performance Journal: I’m removing most processed sugars and ultra-processed…

This Week’s Best Cartoons

Select cartoons on Gaza, students protests, Trump, Biden. More here.