The real Michigan radical While Abdul El-Sayed works to unite Democrats, the GOP nominee is embracing dangerous parts of the MAGA agenda Salon · Aug 11
Qatari PM Says 'Conditions' Are Not Given To Mediate Between U.S. And Venezuela As Trump Admin Escalates Pressure Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani said conditions are currently not given to mediate between the U.S. and Venezuela as the Trump administration continues to escalate pressure on the Maduro regime. Latin Times · Nov 3, 2025
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says 'we don't have to worry' about the Chinese military using US chips to improve their capabilities because 'they simply can't rely on it' 'They don't need Nvidia's chips, certainly, or American tech stacks, in order to build their military.' PC Gamer · Jul 14, 2025
Trump Fires 1,600 US-Based USAID Staffers, Most Global Personnel Placed On Leave: An Agenda 'Misalignment'? The Trump administration has fired 1,600 personnel of the USAID, an agency that helped deliver aid to many countries worldwide as part of the Elon Musk-led DOGE's efforts to downsize the federal government. International Business Times · Feb 24, 2025
Fareed Zakaria, "The Crisis of Democracy Is Really a Crisis for the Left" / "Why Is the Left Flailing? Look at New York vs. Florida" An interesting column yesterday in the Washington Post. An excerpt: The crisis of democratic government then, is actually a crisis… The post Fareed Zakaria, "The Crisis of Democracy Is Really a Crisis for the Left" / "Why Is the Left Flailing? Look at New York vs. Florida" appeared first on… Reason · Jan 5, 2025
Maher: Civil war "could happen here" "We have reached this place where each side thinks the other side is an existential threat," Maher told CNN Salon · May 28, 2024
Fareed Zakaria (CNN) on "Why University Presidents are Under Fire" From Friday's opinion piece: American universities have been neglecting excellence in order to pursue a variety of agendas — many of them clustered around diversity and inclusion. It started with the best of intentions. Colleges wanted to make sure young people of all backgrounds had access to higher education and… Reason · Dec 10, 2023
Top physicist says chatbots are just ‘glorified tape recorders’ Leading theoretical physicist Michio Kaku predicts a revolution once machines can solve problems for which supercomputers might need millennia. Fortune · Aug 14, 2023
Netanyahu Cautious About Meeting Biden In The U.S. Amid Diplomatic Tensions Israeli PM urged to consider potential political exploitation during poisonous U.S. election campaign Zenger · Jul 18, 2023
Biden’s Battle Against Netanyahu Reveals Weaknesses President's flawed evaluation of Israel's government draws attention to his own vulnerabilities. Zenger · Jul 11, 2023
Turkey’s Kurdish areas serve as petri dish for illiberal democracy test Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been reelected in a runoff that experts say is the latest trend in the rise of illiberal democracies. The Kurdish heartland of Diyarbakir has been there before, but now it has spread from the periphery to the centre, and probably beyond Turkey’s borders. France 24 · May 29, 2023
Hungary and the EU are in an endless dispute that challenges the very foundations of the union As 2022 drew to a close, Hungary and the European Union made a modicum of progress in their long-running battle of wills. The (pro-Kremlin) Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán ended his opposition to sending European funds to support Ukraine in the hope of unlocking other withheld funding for his own… The Conversation · Dec 21, 2022
Western countries demand Russia follows international law – so why don't they? With a passion that recalls the aftermath of the Second World War, politicians and commentators are demanding a global order that takes seriously the rules of the United Nations Charter — notably on respect for sovereignty and fundamental human rights. The Conversation · May 30, 2022
The Guardian - US · May 10, 2022 Divided States of America: Roe v Wade is ‘precursor to larger struggles’ The demise of the 1973 ruling could drive the biggest wedge yet between what appears to be two irreconcilable nations
Salon · Apr 13, 2022 We watched CNN+. Here's what we found Confused about the new streaming service from the cable news channel? We watched it and we still are too