He rationalized in a 2021 essay that a common history and culture – which Ukrainians dispute – entitled Russia to exert its influence there. “I think Ukraine has always been a sore spot for Vladimir Putin,” Pomeranz says. “He does not recognize its independence and its right to be a...
“Should be required reading for politicians and anyone concerned with economic development.”—Jared Diamond, New York Review of Books “. . . bracing, garrulous, wildly ambitious and ultimately hopeful. It may, in fact, be a bit of a masterpiece.”—The Washington Post ...
Below is Coates’s new the book of essays; click on it to go to the Amazon site. I read only the last (but most talked-about) essay, “The Gigantic Dream,” 117 pages long. If you know anything about the situation in Israel and Palestine, and the history thereof, you will spot im...
I should have realized about qualifications when Hilary Clinton, arguably the most qualified candidate ever to run for President, was defeated by Donald Trump, who had no experience in government. I hoped Trump’s election was a fluke, and, after all, Hillary, the qualified candidate, had won...
visit was overwhelmingly gushy and positive. Seasoned travellers told me that it was one of the best cities they had ever been to; those who had never been let loose breathy sighs of longing. While this excited me, I have to admit:I secretly wondered whether Tokyo would live up to the ...
In my opinion, a person’s decision not to visit a country (or do anything) should not be because of one review (be it good or bad), people experience things differently. My aunt has travelled to Egypt many times and loves it, but she too has told me about the bad side of her ...
“Alchemy and Artificial Intelligence”. However, the leaders of the AI project at Rand argued that the report was nonsense, and should not be published. When it was finally released, it became the most demanded report in the history of Rand Corporation. Dreyfus later expanded the report to ...
I hope you have suggestions for how they should be labeled and organized. I hope this has been more interesting for you than that Brand X State-of-the-Union Speech delivered today by that ignominious Fourth Reich puppet. Yours for all species, Keith Lampe, Ro-Non-So-Te, Ponderosa Pine ...
I don’t doubt the explanations of decline offered here, I Just wanted to remind (or inform) the readers of how much was lost when this once-great city declined. So much was lost… When I go back to Detroit to visit family and friends I can’t help feeling sad about the place. I...
South Front: BREAKING NEWS OF SAUDI CROWN PRINCE’S “SECRET” VISIT TO ISRAEL BRINGS EMBASSY SCRAMBLE Originally appeared at ZeroHedge Clearly the war in Syria and the international push for regime change against Assad has created strange alliances in the Middle East over the past few years. ...