Women Are More Emotionally Intelligent Than Men, and That’s a Problem – Landmark Study
Women really are more intelligent emotionally and may not get credit for these skills.
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The Black Sea Game Nato Is Playing for Bulgaria Against Russia
In an esclalation, NATO increased surveillance in the south Black Sea, with recent attacks on ships off Bulgaria as the apparent justification.
Read more...Fear and Loathing of MMT
Exploring how interest rates and foreign exchange could affect spending choices in an MMT-aware currency issuer.
Read more...The Mortality Costs of Climate Change
Rising temperatures inflict a higher mortality cost than other extreme weather events.
Read more...Americans Who Go to Church and Trust Science Are Also More Likely to Believe in Ghosts and Curses, New Research Shows
Who’d have thunk it? You can believe in science and rationality and also believe in ghosts.
Read more...How Non-State Alliances Are Reshaping the Global Order
Non-state actors, aka rebels, are purportedly getting more external support. What are the roots of this shift?
Read more...Short Iran War + Ansar Allah v. Saudis Update
Today’s Iran war news: IIran and Ansar Allah have dug into “ever be escalating” mode as the US may be manning up too.
Read more...Record Tanker Rates Leave Heavy Crude Stranded in the Americas
Nosebleed high tanker rates, thanks to Iran attacks on vessels, are producing oil supply chain breakage on the other side of the planet.
Read more...Michael Hudson on the Swedish Central Bank’s Wannabe Nobel Prize 2026
Michael Hudson gives a terse takedown on how the fake economics Nobel prize shores up destructive elite-serving orthodoxies.
Read more...Financial Sanctions and the Global Payments Network
Complexity of the payments system means that currencies like the yuan are not benefitting from sanctions as much as widely believed.
Read more...Why Fall Yard Care Could Start With Doing Less – But Not Nothing
How to justify to yourself and your neighbors not getting rid of most of the leaves in your yard: because soil health.
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UN and The Hague Confront Impunity for War Crimes
The UN, whose duties extended to combatting war crime and genocide, has been reduced to bearing witness.
Read more...Big Money, Party Politics, and Congressional Leadership in the 2026 Election: From the Rockies to the Himalayas
In the 2026 midterms, congressional leaders of both parties are drawing very big money from megadonors, while small donors barely register.
Read more...Michael Hudson on the Oil Markets
Michael Hudson gives an immediate and longer-term take on the state of the oil market.
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