Author: DPstaff
Saturday Poem: Egyptian Archers
In Egyptian art, one archer standsfor all archers, their contour drawn from his thigh, his…
‘Our Rule of Law is Under Attack From Our Own Government, But the World Does Not See This’
Mike Herd, Investigations Editor, The Conversation: Here’s a story about an authoritarian leader of a…
Meeting The QAnon Shaman
Frederick Kaufman at Harper’s Magazine: Jacob Angeli-Chansley, the man the media has dubbed the QAnon…
Habsora: Israel Military AI System “a Mass Assassination Factory”
A recent report claims another system called Where’s Daddy? monitors targets and alerts the military…
Is the Universe Really a ‘Dark Forest’ Full of Hostile Aliens in Hiding?
By Tony Milligan at Singularity Hub: We have no good reason to believe that aliens…
Some of the Most Expensive Paintings in the World
Art is one of the most secure assets a person can buy. It rarely depreciates,…
Friday Poem: The Imprisoned Parrot –by Shehnaz Somjee
The Imprisoned Parrot It pecked at the metallic barswhose cruel gleam was tantalizing.It uttered a…
‘Patriot’: Posthumous Memoir By Aleksei Navalny, the Russian Opp. Leader
The NY Times writes: Aleksei Navalny’s memoir, written during the years leading up to his…
Reassembling Pakistan
Khurram Hussain at Dawn: MUCH has been said about “reimagining Pakistan” but it is important…
Is Techno-Monopoly Inevitable?
William H. Janeway at Project Syndicate: The detective in a typical British crime procedural would…
A Display of Faceless Portraits in Venice
Kin Woo at The New York Times: For over a decade now, the Polish painter…
“Dethroned: The Downfall of India’s Princely States”
Nicholas Gordan with the author John Zubrzycki: Post-independence India had a big problem–about 40% of…