Why the war in Africa’s Great Lakes is entering its fourth decade and may never end.
Saturday, September 12, 2026
When the Machine Acquires a Self: Conscience, Agency, and the Governance Frontier of Artificial Intelligence
What happens when an AI values its own survival?
Coffee Break: Climate Denialism and the State of Scientific Literature
Part the First: Denial Ain’t Just a River in Egypt. This summer has been one of the hottest since temperature records have been kept. Most of the hottest years ever recorded have been in the last twenty years. The mechanism that caused anthropogenic global warming (AGW) was mentioned by the polymath Charles Babbage in 1835 […]
The Race to Cut Methane Emissions Is Exposing a Global Divide
Large methane emissions are easy to detect and often fairly easy to contain, yet few of the big sinning countries are taking action.
New Poll Suggests That 70% of EU Citizens Have a Negative View of EU
The really surprising thing is that it isn’t higher.
Iran War: Ansar Allah Takes Mocha and the Bab el-Mandeb Islands, Putting Both Chokepoints in Play; Trump Says the War Ends After the Midterms While Vance and Rubio Tell Him January 2029
Ansar Allah rolled into Mocha and the Bab el-Mandeb islands, sending US stock prices down and bond yields up. Trump said war would end after the mid-terms. Vance and Rubio seem to disagree.
Are Too Many Americans Taking Antidepressants?
RFK, Jr. wants to wean many Americans off antidepressants. How sound are his views?
Israel and the Far Right Want You to Believe There Is an Islamic Invasion of the West
Israel helps manufacture the myth of an “Islamic Invasion of the West,” which the far right uses to distract from systemic Western crises
Has Capitalism Failed, or Has Neoliberalism Destroyed It?
Capitalism comes in many flavors. Sadly, the neoliberal one that has become dominant is particularly rancid.
Iran War: Pakistan and Turkiye Saber Rattle at Iran Over Ansar Allah Attacks on Saudis; Oil at $101 a Barrel Even as Flows Out of Persian Gulf Increase Despite Iran’s More Aggressive Footing
Today’s Iran war news: Oil prices grind upward as Pakistan and Turkiye bare their teeth over Ansar Allah’s attacks on the Saudis.
James Galbraith: The Impotence of Being Kevin Warsh
Kevin Warsh only partly sees that Fed tools and policy concepts may not work given AI, shifting prices, and the fading power of interest rates
25 Years of War Was the Wrong Response to 9/11
How 9/11 served as a pretext for 25 years of warmaking that has done great damage, including to most Americans.
Coffee Break: Hegseth, Altman and Zuckerberg, Elite Impunity Run Amock
Pete Hegseth might not seem to have much in common with Mark Zuckerberg and Sam Altman, but all exemplify American elite impunity in late stage American empire, plus they all work for the military industrial complex.
