Friday, November 28, 2025
The Trump Administration Is Now Directly Intervening in Honduras’ Presidential Elections, Confirming a Region-Wide Trend
Honduras may be a relatively small country but there is a huge amount riding on this Sunday’s election result — not just regionally but perhaps even globally.
How to Stop a Nuclear War — and Why We’re Not Talking About It
The risk of nuclear war is higher than ever due to the Cold War never having ended while many leaders are insensitive to the consequences.
Thomas Hobbes and His Political Philosophy
The historical, philosophical, and social foundations of Thomas Hobbes’ political thought.
Systemic Entropy and Power: Explaining the Breakdown of World Order
A theory of social systems, entropy, and power that explains the shifting world order and how the banking-state system may be adapting.
Heavy Metals Contamination Fears Go Mainstream with Infant Formula and Protein Powders
Heavy metals are a legitimate food safety concern. That has created a mini-industry of conflicted measurement and certification players.
Encountering the Buddha
Rajiv Sethi muses about a favorite Buddha, in the sense of “old man”: Salman Rushdie.
Coffee Break: Nvidia’s Narrative Breaking Down?
Nvidia’s narrative is being battered by mega-bears, defended by the most credulous bulls, and undermined by trade wars and a major new competitor.
Quelle Surprise! Companies With Market Power Drive Inflation
Corporate concentration does not just make inflation worse. A new study finds it plays a lead role.
TurkStream Is in Washington and Brussels’ Crosshairs, But Math to Replace the Russian Gas Doesn’t Add Up
The latest stop on the natural gas magical mystery tour: Greece, with its imports of American LNG, is declared a “gas hub” that’s going to save Ukraine this winter—and make up for southeastern Europe’s lost TurkStream supply in the future.
Will MTG’s Resignation Trigger Other Republican Exits, Ending House Majority Before Midterms?
Rumor has it that some Republican House members are as fed up as MTG was and are also considering resigning.
U.S. Dams, Levees, Stormwater, and Wastewater Systems Get D To D+ Grades, Need Almost $1 Trillion in Upgrades
On the dangerously sorry state of US dams, levees, and other water control systems, now more flood-exposed than ever.
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – RAND Alarms the China Hawks
In late 2025, a major RAND Corporation study on U.S.–China strategy was quietly withdrawn from public view less than two weeks after publication. The unusual disappearance suggests an internal struggle over whether the United States should escalate rivalry with China or first rebuild its own industrial and technological base. The RAND report’s realism posed a challenge to the prevailing hawkish narrative.
