Watch: Frozen trees snap in Ontario ice storm
More than 350,000 Canadians faced power cuts in Southern Ontario as an ice storm moved through the region over the weekend. Footage shows ice-coated trees, parks and homes in Orillia,…
Satyajit Das: European Mirages – Why Crises and Decline Lies Ahead | naked capitalism
Yves here. Satyajit Das looks at the conundrum of the recent peppy performance of European stock markets and its currencies versus terribly longer-term prospects. He concludes the only way to…
Cuts to Science Research Funding Cut American Lives Short − Federal Support Is Essential for Medical Breakthroughs | naked capitalism
By Deborah Fuller, Professor of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Washington and Patrick Mitchell, Assistant Professor of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Washington. Originally published at The Conversation.…
What Is Trump’s Grand Plan? | naked capitalism
Yves here. Richard Murphy below works out the implications of his hypothesis, that Trump’s grand visions is rule by broligarch. The wee problem is it fails to explain big parts…
In the Halls of Power, Trump’s Demands Force Agonizing Choices
Leaders at top-flight law firms, Columbia University and inside City Hall are weighing decisions that pit the fates of their institutions against their own reputations.
Syrians Wake Up to a New Government
The list of ministers appears to be a compromise between calls for a diverse cabinet to unite the divided country while keeping allies of the interim president, Ahmed al-Shara, in…
A.O.C. Wants the Democrats to Think Anew
The New York progressive believes economic populism is the path forward for Democrats. Can she unite her party around that?
The Story of One Woman Who Fell Prey to the Medical Freedom Movement
With Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary, what was once a fringe movement now controls the halls of power.
Storm Leaves About 320,000 Without Power in Great Lakes Region
There were weather warnings in the Midwest, the Northeast and Quebec after the storm downed trees and power lines in Michigan and Ontario.