Saturday, December 13, 2025
What’s at Stake in Trump’s Executive Order Aiming to Curb State-Level AI Regulation
Fortunately, an executive order won’t stop states from restricting AI. But expect the Administration to try other routes.
Political Power and Profitable Trades in the US Congress
A new study finds that it’s not the Congress rank and file that generates insider trading big bucks, only some of the leaders.
Coffee Break: Science Update, the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Good, Part the First: Basic Science Has the Answer, Once Again. T cells of the immune system are responsible for the establishment of self-tolerance and adaptive immune function. T cells come from the thymus, which is mammals basically disappears early in life in a process called involution. Understanding how the thymus might regenerate has […]
Russian Central Bank Sues Euroclear Over Frozen Assets; Will the EU Be Hoist on the Investor-State Settlement Disputes (ISDS) Petard?
Hoo boy. Russia looks to be using much demonized (by labor and environmental rights advocates) investor-state dispute settlement provisions to pursue Euroclear.
The Empire of Lies Is Once Again Sowing Chaos In Its Own “Back Yard”
This is unlikely to end well for all parties concerned, including the US.
Jeffrey Sachs: Trump’s Empire of Hubris and Thuggery
Trump’s latest National Security Strategy memorandum treats the freedom to coerce others as the essence of US sovereignty.
AI’s Errors May Be Impossible to Eliminate – What That Means for Its Use in Health Care
Even with concerns about using AI in medicine, proponents contend doctors can properly oversee its use. Is that realistic?
Doha Forum in Qatar: Another Node on the Grid of the Machine
Doha Forum in Qatar reveals how today’s global debates feed the larger machine of growth and power, with little space for divergent thinking
Israel Is Acting with Impunity. Is It Overconfident in Trump’s Support?
More Americans support Palestine than Israel for the first time ever. But does that matter to Trump?
Trump Administration Joins EU in Russian Frozen Asset Madness
I want whatever Team Trump is smoking. Their Russian frozen assets plan has achieved impressive new levels of delusion.
U.S. Seizes Oil Tanker Off Venezuelan Coast
Some updates on the US capture of an oil tanker that had just departed from Venezuela.
Economic Questions: James Tobin’s Transaction Tax
A Tobin tax is a no-brainer for reducing speculation and financial crisis risk. That is reason enough to keep it from being implemented.
