How Russia Trains its Deep Undercover Spies
Moscow’s elite ‘illegal’ sleeper agents pose as foreigners and live under false identities known as ‘legends,’ often for decades … Continue readingHow Russia Trains its Deep Undercover Spies
Virtual Reality Reboots History
Charles T. Rubin in The New Atlantis: Because of this renewed sense of urgency to deal with the philosophical and political underpinnings of the technological future, it is well worth
Do Rich Countries Keep Poor Countries Poor?
From Unlearning Economics Live: Dr Ingrid Kvangraven, a senior lecturer in International Development at King’s College London. Ingrid specializing in dependency theory, a branch of scholarship that emphases that poorer
Why Nuclear Power Won’t Solve the Climate Crisis
M.V. Ramana at Literary Hub: I am scared about how fast climate change is disrupting our world. At a theoretical level, I have known for decades about growing carbon dioxide
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‘Nobody Knows What I Know’: How a Loyal RSS Member Abandoned Hindu Nationalism
Rahul Bhatia in The Guardian: Running a finger over a row of books in a Delhi library one afternoon, I stopped at a title that promised danger. The stacks were
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The Universe Suddenly Hates Satire
by Erik Hoel at The Intrinsic Perspective: There’s a saying on the internet: “The most entertaining outcome is the most likely.” People like to say this saying. Here’s Elon Musk
“Hasina Wajid’s Blunders are Similar to What’s Happening in Pakistan Now”
by Shams Zaheer Abbas @ FOCUUS: Hasina Wajid (HW) cannot be compared with Nawaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari. It is an insult to compare Hasina Wajid with Marium Safdar
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Justice Gorsuch Warns Biden To ‘Be Careful’ With Attempts To Control Supreme Court
J.D. Tuccille at Reason: Asked this week by Fox News’s Shannon Bream to respond to the Biden administration’s proposed restrictions on the Supreme Court, as well as a constitutional amendment
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Crow Jim: Project 2025’s Obsession With Reverse Racism
Rick Perlstein at The American Prospect: I felt similar déjà vuwhen Republicans started calling Kamala Harris a “DEI hire.” The charge is as old as the civil rights movement itself.
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A Road Atlas for Self-Reckoning
Erik Gleibermann in LA Review of Books (LRB): HUMAN BEINGS ARE autobiographers by nature. Whether or not we ultimately write down any words, we can’t help mentally composing narratives out
Bangladesh Protests: Street Art (Video)
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If You Can’t Win One War, Start an Even Bigger One
Peter Beinart at The Beinart Notebook: Given the growing chance of a regional war in the Middle East, our guest will be one of the best analysts of Palestinian and
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