Zionism Über Alles
Hans Kundnani in Dissent: In the five months since October 7, people around the world have looked on in horror as Germany has wielded the memory of the Holocaust to
Why is Russia’s President for Life Bothering With an Election Campaign?
The Proof is in the Putin Excerpts of an article by Andrew Ryvkin at Air Mail: Vladimir Putin is up for re-election. At the time of writing, the outcome is
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Americans Views of Foreign Alliances Growing Increasingly Divided
Kerry Boyd Anderson at Arab News: Today, as the world shifts from a unipolar world dominated by the US toward a more multipolar world, many Republicans are questioning how Americans
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Will Today’s Tech Wave Drown Developing Countries?
Xiaolan Fu at Project Syndicate: We are living through humanity’s fourth industrial revolution, which is largely driven by breakthroughs in digital technologies. Some, like the internet and artificial intelligence, are
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‘Election Heist’
The Economist, March 14, 2024: Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League party (PML-N) is back in power. Following elections last month, the thrice former prime minister’s younger brother, Shehbaz, has been
How Not To Predict The Future
Good forecasting thrives on a delicate balance of math, expertise, and…vibes. Molly Hickman in Asterisk: Predicting the future is difficult, but not impossible — and some people are much better at it
Skeletons in the Closet
Irshad Salim: In the Summer of 2020, I shared one of the many moments and memories in the context of the on goings back ‘home’ (Pakistan)–after returning from ‘abroad’ (USA).
Why Governments Offload Risks to Individuals
Under the guise of empowerment and freedom, politicians and business are offloading lifethreatening risk to individuals Suzanne Schneider at Aeon: I have for several years been working on a book
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Z A Bhutto: Incomplete Justice
Will the judges remain in their ivory towers or see the reality of political injustice in Pakistan? Faisal Siddiqi at Dawn: THE state-sponsored judicial murder of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (ZAB),
Asif Ali Zardari: The Prince of Guile
Even his rivals acknowledge that Zardari is a deal-maker par excellence. He has been written off and made a comeback so many times that his doubters have simply stopped trying.
How Pseudo-Intellectualism Ruined Journalism
A dose of working-class realism can save journalism from groupthink William Deresiewicz in Persuasion: I was sitting across from the professor as she went over my latest piece. This was
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AI’s Potential Effect on the Labor Force
Andrew Ng, Landing AI founder and CEO, discusses the effect AI will have on the labor force and which companies are positioning themselves the best in the AI market. Can