Why the IEA is Wrong About Peak Oil Demand | naked capitalism
Yves here. This is the second post we have run questioning the thesis that peak oil will set in before 2030. Here the argument is that key sources of overall…
A New Diplomatic Strategy Emerges as Artificial Intelligence Grows
American and Chinese diplomats plan to meet later this month to begin what amounts to the first, tentative arms control talks over the use of artificial intelligence. A year in…
Opinion | Europe Is About to Drown in the River of the Radical Right
Europe is awash with worry. Ahead of parliamentary elections widely expected to deliver gains to the hard right, European leaders can barely conceal their anxiety. In a speech in late…
Opinion | Senators Need to Stop the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act
An unfortunate symbiosis has developed between pro-Israel culture warriors like Republican Representative Elise Stefanik and the most self-indulgent fringe of pro-Palestinian campus protesters. Together they are, wittingly or unwittingly, shifting…
U.S. Repatriates 11 American Citizens From ISIS War Camps in Syria
The Biden administration has repatriated a family of 10 American citizens who had been stranded for years in desert camps and detention centers in Syria run by a Kurdish-led militia…
A Week of Pomp to Project Putin’s Confidence
With his army on the offensive in Ukraine and all forms of dissent inside Russia firmly suppressed, President Vladimir V. Putin is set to take center stage this week at…
Why Kristi Noem Is in the Doghouse
In April 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson was photographed lifting one of his beagles (he had two, named Him and Her) by the ears. The picture, published in Life magazine,…
Gaza Isn’t Root of Biden’s Struggles With Young Voters, Polls Show
Young Americans’ outrage over the Israel-Hamas war has dominated the political conversation for weeks. Democratic and Republican lawmakers have made pilgrimages to Columbia University and other campuses to offer support…
Judge Pushes Back Critical Filing Deadline in Trump Documents Case
Reversing one of her own decisions, the federal judge overseeing former President Donald J. Trump’s classified documents case granted his request on Monday to postpone the deadline for a crucial…
20 Unforgettable Looks at the Met Gala
By Monday morning, the answer to one of the biggest questions looming over the Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York had emerged. Would members of…