Opinion | The Best Case for Ukraine Aid
The first year of the war in Ukraine seemed to vindicate Russia hawks. The belief that Vladimir Putin was a careful chess player whose ambitions could be constrained through negotiation,…
Opinion | The Florida Fraudster and the Russian ‘Killer’
When I covered George H.W. Bush’s presidential campaign in 1988, he was so eager to wrap himself in the American flag that he took us to a New Jersey flag…
How to Rest
Saturday morning of a long weekend and there is, for the moment, enough time. You play that trick: If Monday is a holiday, then today is really Friday, and if…
IM Doc Warns of Coming Medical Dystopia in the US via Pervasive Recording of Visits, AI Test Ordering and Upselling | naked capitalism
Yves here. Chuck L suggested that this recent comment by IM Doc warranted being hoisted as a stand-alone post. The notion that AI administered medicine amounts to medicine is a…
Crime Scene
On This Week’s Episode: Every crime scene hides a story. In this episode, we hear some of them. This is an updated rerun of an episode that first aired in…
Aleksei Navalny’s Allies Confirm His Death
Aleksei A. Navalny’s political allies on Saturday confirmed his death, saying that his mother had received an official notification of it. Kira Yarmysh, Mr. Navalny’s spokeswoman, said in a statement…
Ohio Law Forces Transgender Candidate to Use Deadname on Ballot
Ari Faber has lived as a man for nine years. But because of a state law, Mr. Faber, a Democratic candidate for the Ohio Senate, will appear on ballots in…
Jimmy Carter’s Long Goodbye
Practically no one ever thought he would be elected president in the first place. Or that he would forge a landmark treaty in the Middle East. Or that he would…
With Prison Certain and Death Likely, Why Did Navalny Return?
There was one question that Russians repeatedly asked the opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny, who died in a remote Arctic penal colony on Friday, and he confessed that he found…
Israelis, Newly Vulnerable, Remain Traumatized and Mistrustful
After the Hamas invasion on Oct. 7, Doron Shabty and his wife and their two small children hid in Sderot, near the border with Gaza, and survived. A reservist in…