Governing the Ungovernable
Jess Bidgood at The New York Times: When members of Congress return to Washington from their home districts, they often trudge to Capitol Hill for a tally known as a
What’s Inside the President’s Nuclear Football
Annie Jacobsen at Time: Nuclear threats have reemerged on the world stage. Frequently, Vladimir Putin warns the West that Russia is ready for nuclear war. “Weapons exits in order to
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Saturday Poem: Egyptian Archers
In Egyptian art, one archer standsfor all archers, their contour drawn from his thigh, his shin, his chest,his bow and quiver, a deck of desires slightly spread.Archers are technicians; this
‘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 global power who wants to bend the country in his image. He follows the populist
Meeting The QAnon Shaman
Frederick Kaufman at Harper’s Magazine: Jacob Angeli-Chansley, the man the media has dubbed the QAnon Shaman, had been released from federal custody six weeks before when we met for lunch
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 when they return home, often to their family. by Natasha Karner at The Conversation: The
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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 have ever contacted Earth. Sure, there are conspiracy theories, and some rather strange reports about
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Some of the Most Expensive Paintings in the World
Art is one of the most secure assets a person can buy. It rarely depreciates, can be stored easily, and its value does not depend on the state of the
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Friday Poem: The Imprisoned Parrot –by Shehnaz Somjee
The Imprisoned Parrot It pecked at the metallic barswhose cruel gleam was tantalizing.It uttered a piteous cryand looked out with longing eyesat the vast open world around,its eyes resting enviouslyon
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‘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 death in a Russian prison, will be published in October. Titled “Patriot,” the memoir will
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Reassembling Pakistan
Khurram Hussain at Dawn: MUCH has been said about “reimagining Pakistan” but it is important to understand that task comes the day after. For now, the focus needs to be
Is Techno-Monopoly Inevitable?
William H. Janeway at Project Syndicate: The detective in a typical British crime procedural would say that Mordecai Kurz “has got form.” An emeritus professor at Stanford University, Kurz received his doctorate