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Why Cash Alone Won’t Solve Japan’s Baby Deficit – Analysis
By Yasuo Takao On 5 June 2024, the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW) released updated demographic statistics revealing that the trend of declining birth rates in Japan continues unabated....
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Netanyahu Visit Highlights US Officials’ Liability Risk, Says HRW
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s appearance before a joint session of Congress on July 24, 2024, highlights the continued and significant US supply of weapons to Israel’s military despite...
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An Open Letter To Kamala Harris And The Democratic Party – OpEd
There is every reason to be glad that Joe Biden finally acted responsibly by withdrawing his candidacy for a second term. But to call this overdue act ‘brave’ and ‘courageous’ is to rob those precious...
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Unelected Technocrats Are Now The Nation’s Chief Executives – OpEd
By Ryan McMaken President Biden has not been seen in public since announcing he would not seek re-election on Sunday. Biden’s “resignation” was nothing more than a text-only post on Twitter/X—and we...
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Al-Shabaab Remains Active In Southern Somalia – Analysis
By Avery Warfield On 22 July, anarmed clasherupted between Somali government forces and Al-Shabaab militants in southern Somalia. The confrontation occurred when Al-Shabaab attempted to overrun three...
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Ex-KLA Supremo’s Testimony At Thaci Trial Bolsters Both Prosecution And...
Bislim Zyrapi, former Chief of KLA General Staff, after testifying for three weeks at the war crimes trial of former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and three co-accused, admitted several prosecution...
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Spain: King Felipe VI Restores Trust In The Monarchy In His First Decade –...
By William Chislett The first 10 years of King Felipe VI, following the abdication of his father, King Juan Carlos I, who fell into disgrace as a result of alleged financial wrongdoings and personal...
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What Biden’s Decision Shows About Democratic Government – OpEd
A romantic view of democracy depicts democratic governments as accountable to their citizens and acting in theircitizens’interests. An alternative view of democratic governments—and all governments—is...
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Death Gods And The Attack On President Trump – OpEd
Have the powers of gods of death been unleashed in our relatively peaceable nation? I’m in a hip, storied, deep-blue Catskills town; I was having a restful little writer’s retreat on my own, in a...
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A Certified Genocidaire Visits Washington – OpEd
By James E. Jennings* Tomorrow, 24 July, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, under indictment for crimes of fraud in his own country and a certified genocidaire in the eyes of much of the...
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Robert Reich: Go Kamala! – OpEd
Kamala Harris is off to a remarkable start. She has made all the right moves. Her address at campaign headquarters was pitch perfect. Her attack on Donald Trump was impressive. She spoke about him as...
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China’s Economic Parallel: Reimagining Global Finance Beyond The IMF – OpEd
In recent years, China has emerged as a pivotal economic player in the international system. From measures to strengthen the internal system to designing and implementing trade policies, China relies...
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Kamala Harris’ Record On Catholic Issues
By Tyler Arnold With President Joe Bidenbowing outof the 2024 presidential race following intense pressure from within hisownparty, Vice President Kamala Harris is the likely Democratic nominee to...
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FBI: Would-Be Assassin Was Fixated On Trump, Studied Earlier High-Profile...
By Jeff Seldin The 20-year-old man who tried to kill former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally earlier this month appeared to have set his sights on the attempted assassination at least a...
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A Tale Of Two US Departures – OpEd
By Faisal J. Abbas It is a major event in the US when not one, but two, senior office holders step down from their positions. This week, Joe Biden withdrew his candidacy to be the Democratic nominee...
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Butterflies Accumulate Enough Static Electricity To Attract Pollen Without...
Butterflies and moths collect so much static electricity whilst in flight, that pollen grains from flowers can be pulled by static electricity across air gaps of several millimetres or centimetres....
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How Well Does Tree Planting Work In Climate Change Fight?
Using trees as a cost-effective tool against climate change is more complicated than simply planting large numbers of them, an international collaboration that includes an Oregon State University...
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New Study Finds Alarming Rise In Persistent ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Pesticides
A peer-reviewed study published today in the journalEnvironmental Health Perspectiveshas found that per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), known as “forever chemicals,” are increasingly being...
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Mixed Approach To Reforestation Better Than Planting Or Regeneration Alone
Reforestation in low- and middle-income countries can remove up to 10 times more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere at lower cost than previously estimated, making this a potentially more important...
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Nanoscale Device Simultaneously Steers And Shifts Frequency Of Optical Light,...
It is a scene many of us are familiar with: You're working on your laptop at the local coffee shop with maybe a half dozen other laptop users—each of you is trying to load websites or stream...
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