Abandoning the Poor | naked capitalism
Lambert here: Cf. Luke 6:20-21. By Liz Theoharis, a theologian, ordained minister, and anti-poverty activist. Co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival and director of…
Yeats and Beckett, Guarding the Irish Coast
Ireland is proud of its celebrated writers, particularly W.B. Yeats, the vaunted poet who grew up partly in Sligo, a rugged, rural West Coast county that treasures its enduring role…
On This Nature Preserve, Farmers Are Welcome, if They Follow the Rules
With cows grazing in a vast meadow surrounded by wire fencing, and with farmers checking to see how their livestock were faring under a scorching sun, it looked like a…
Opinion | Israelis Can No Longer Afford Vicious Infighting
Saturday will be remembered as one of the most devastating days in Israel’s history. The events were all too reminiscent of the attacks 50 years ago last week, on the…
Opinion | We Just Saw What the World Is About to Become
The history of Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh was ended in the old manner of conflict resolution: siege, conquest, expulsion. After a 10-month blockade, Azerbaijan launched an attack on Sept. 19, claiming…
Who would actually vote for Robert F Kennedy Jr as an independent candidate?
In 2020, the closest state, Georgia, was decided by just more than 11,000 votes. At the same time, more than 60,000 Georgians voted for the Libertarian Party ticket headed by…
How a ‘stolen’ totem pole was welcomed home to Canada
The Ni’isjoohl Memorial Pole was taken from the Nisga’a Nation, an indigenous community in the Canadian province of British Columbia, almost a century ago. On display in the National Museum…
The hunt for a new way to tackle clothing waste
“One of the approaches that we are looking at is how you break down these complicated materials, and in a way that actually gets rid of the toxic effects of…
The Global Context of the Hamas-Israel War
Russia has started the largest war in Europe since World War II. China has become more bellicose toward Taiwan. India has embraced a virulent nationalism. Israel has formed the most…
What if UFOs Have Been a Cover for High-Tech – and Human – Defense Research Programs? | naked capitalism
Yves here. The recent explosion of UFO sightings is all too convenient. I have long though but have not stuck my neck out and said that the UFO talk was…