Economist who warned of global financial crash sees looming food crisis
There’s an old saying that those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. But what of those who saw it coming, warned the rest of us, and were ignored, only to stand up 15 years later and realize we’ve built a much bigger house of cards, this time with the world’s dinner…
Judge made a bad call
It was a decision that, in its stunning disregard for settled law and the very bedrock of civic engagement, arrived with the quiet thud of a gavel wrapped in bureaucratic indifference. A state judge in Bergen County has looked at a unanimous United States Supreme Court ruling, looked at a citizen silenced by his own…
The Iran War is making America less safe
A conflict launched in the name of American security is producing the opposite effect. By Sarah Yerkes In February, President Donald Trump cited “imminent threats” as the motivation to launch a war with Iran. But nearly a month into the conflict, the United States is increasingly harming its own interests rather than making America safer. Rather…
Iran is not responsible for the Port Arthur oil refinery blast, but that’s no comfort
The Port Arthur oil refinery blast came just after seven on a Monday evening, the kind of hour when families sit down to supper, and children finish the last of their homework before bed. It shook homes for 11 miles. The sky above the Valero refinery in Texas turned the color of a bruise, thick…
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