Why Iran Is the Common Link in Conflicts From Gaza to Pakistan
Israel and Gaza. Yemen and the Red Sea. Lebanon, Syria, Iraq — and now Pakistan, too. At every flashpoint in a set of conflicts spanning 1,800 miles and involving a…
World Bank Enables Foreign Aid Theft | naked capitalism
Yves here. As short seller David Einhorn liked to say, “No matter how bad you think it is, it’s worse.” Here we learn that the World Bank presses less developed…
As Presidential Hopefuls Spar on Social Security, Separating Fact from Fiction | naked capitalism
Yves here. The war against what little is left of the American middle class includes the ongoing campaign to squeeze Social Security and create a private, as in crappy, system…
Congress Clears Stopgap Spending Bill for Biden, Moving to Avert Shutdown
Congress on Thursday sent legislation to avert a partial government shutdown to President Biden, racing to fund federal agencies through early March one day before money was to run out.…
When There’s Pasta in the Soup, Everybody’s Happy
How big is an appetite? Your appetite? My appetite? My children’s appetites? I constantly return to these questions at home, when I cook for my family or plan a dinner…
Opinion | Take That, America
Well, people, Iowa has spoken. Peeped, anyhow. Every time the nation gets to select its next president, all eyes turn to Iowa, which traditionally has the first word on what…
Opinion | As if We Didn’t Have Enough to Frighten Us …
The globe is already pockmarked with crises, and here may be another: North Korea is acting in highly unusual ways, leading some veteran analysts to fear it is preparing a…
King Charles’s Prostate Treatment Is Common Among Men His Age
King Charles III will have a procedure to address an enlarged prostate at a hospital next week. The 75-year-old British monarch’s diagnosis is common among men his age, and experts…
Flight returns to Japan after ‘drunk’ man bites crew member
The man, reportedly a 55-year-old American, said he did not remember what happened.
Muttered Insults, Stern Warnings: Inside Trump’s Second Defamation Trial
Donald J. Trump shook his head. He exhaled loudly. He whispered to his lawyer. He muttered “con job” and “witch hunt.” As the writer E. Jean Carroll told a jury…