Loyalty outranks expertise, and reality bends to the leader’s word. From Nazi Germany to Imperial Japan, fascist war machines collapse on the same contradictions.
A magazine’s response to accusations of publishing AI-generated fiction points to a new phase in the struggle to keep literature human.
Iran Announces “Controlled Maritime Zone” in Strait of Hormuz , 20 Million in Sudan Face Acute Hunger as Rival Military Factions Continue Deadly Strikes, Cuba Promises “Fierce Resistance” as USS Nimit...
Inside the Ebola Outbreak That Has Experts Sweating (w/ Dr. Craig Spencer) Jonathan Cohn is joined by Dr. Craig Spencer to break down the growing Ebola outbreak in Central Africa, why global health o...
President asks $1B from taxpayers to secure his $400M privately funded ballroom.
Two police officers who defended the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, are suing the Trump administration in an attempt to block a new $1.8 billion Justice Department compensation fund designe...
Yglesias supports an alliance and has key points of agreement with libertarians, but also criticisms of libertarianism. I welcome former and respond to the latter.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has escalated its response to the ongoing Ebola outbreak, with confirmed cases and deaths surpassing 500. The current strain, Bundaberg, presents unique challenges...
The bombshell New York Times report that the U.S. and Israel hoped to install former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the leader of Iran puts the lie to so much of what hawks in the West have been try...
The Rats
Students are no longer buying the tech world’s hype—and they’re letting their feelings be known.
Google publishes exploit code before patch, reported 29 months earlier, is fixed.
The Trump administration thought it was repeating the Venezuelan model in Iran—when it was doing something much more ambitious and risky.
In a significant geopolitical event, Chinese President Xi hosted Russian President Putin in Beijing, emphasizing the need for a ceasefire in the Middle East. Meanwhile, global markets grappled with in...
Senate Democrats are inviting an anti-gambling activist who was disbarred after stealing nearly $2 million from clients to finance his own gambling habit, still owes nearly all that money, and appears...
Humans should be wary of surrendering our ability to decide why and how we operate.