WASHINGTON EXAMINER MAGAZINE: ‘This Is National Security’ – A moment for American Power’….
by Hugo Gurdon
by Mackubin Owens
by Daniel Ross Goodman
Repairs at key missile sites began soon after they were hit by Israeli and U.S. strikes last year, but work at Iran’s nuclear facilities has been slower.
The prospect of disruptions from A.I. has hung over the U.S. economy for years. But this week, advances in tools precipitated a sell-off on Wall Street.
The Winter Games, which officially open in Italy on Friday, are rooted in international cooperation. That feels out of place to some in a world where old rules no longer apply.
With eight days until a deadline to keep the Department of Homeland Security running, bipartisan talks on reining in immigration agents’ tactics appeared to sputter.
In a federal bellwether case, the jury ordered the ride-hailing giant to pay $8.5 million to Jaylynn Dean, who said an Uber driver assaulted her in 2023.
THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘The dangerous dollar‘…
Those holding American assets will have to get used to it
Less scrutiny, more booty
In a might-makes-right world, many countries may conclude that only nukes can keep them safe
Whoever wins the coming election has a lot to do
TIME MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘After The Ayatollah’,,,
After the Islamic Republic regime unleashed lethal force to quell nationwide protests against its rule, five leading Iranian writers reflect on how the country arrived at this pivotal moment—and where it might go from here.
he Islamic Republic’s already lengthy catalogue of fears has ballooned of late: alongside the possibility of being overthrown by its own citizens, it is haunted by the prospect of a full accounting of the massacres it has carried out; by the tenuous loyalty of its army, and its empty coffers; and by the shadow of Israeli spies and Islamic State militants. What terrifies Iran’s theocrats the most, the fear that eclipses all their fears, is the ability of the people at large to clearly see the essential realities of the present regime.
Today, the Islamic Republic of Iran resembles a half-lifeless body collapsed on the ground, yet still possessing powerful arms. With the support of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and other military forces, it has attacked the people of Iran and, through widespread killings, has delivered a brutal blow to the popular uprising. Yet this is only a temporary success. The republic is already dead morally, economically, and socially.
Renee Good and Alex Pretti were murdered for daring to interfere with the Trump administration’s efforts to normalize abductions and state violence.
The Fed is under attack. Can it be both protected and held accountable?
Our Money: Monetary Policy As If Democracy Matters by Leah Downey
Private Finance, Public Power: A History of Bank Supervision in America by Peter Conti-Brown and Sean H. Vanatta
Our Dollar, Your Problem: An Insider’s View of Seven Turbulent Decades of Global Finance, and the Road Ahead by Kenneth Rogoff
President Trump’s reversal of a ban on sales of advanced semiconductors to China undercut the strategic logic behind years of American policy that was meant to keep the US ahead in the race to develop AI systems.
The Gilded Cage: Technology, Development, and State Capitalism in China by Ya-Wen Lei
The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World’s Most Coveted Microchip by Stephen Witt
The Nvidia Way: Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant by Tae Kim
A prosecutor’s outburst revealed how courts in the state were buckling under the weight of a deluge of cases arising from the Trump administration’s campaign.
Beijing, Moscow and shaken American allies are seeking new warheads as President Trump ends more than a half century of nuclear arms control with Russia.
Both leaders gave versions of what they discussed, but Xi Jinping’s take made clear the issue of the island was front and center.
The questioning of the businessmen, Raúl Gorrín and Alex Saab, who have ties to Nicolás Maduro, signaled deepening cooperation between the two nations.
Field pennycress could become a valuable winter crop, with benefits for both carbon storage and farm profitability.
Engineered Escherichia coli could open the door to more sustainable routes to new drugs and other chemicals.
The six-year results from the Dark Energy Survey highlight unresolved tensions in standard cosmological theory.
PHILOSOPHY NOW MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Roman Philosophy’….
by Rick Lewis
Texas Prof Banned from Teaching Plato • Chatbots Have Favourite Philosophers • Singer Fears AI Doesn’t ‘Get’ Animal Rights — News reports by Anja Steinbauer
Sam Spound explains why the author of The Prince thought about Rome so much.
Abdullah Shaikh explores Cicero’s ideas about the core Roman principle of virtus.
Philip Vassallo learns from a classic of Classical education.
Yolanda De Iuliis looks at how Roman Mithraism incorporated Stoic philosophy.
Cassandra Brandt offers the reflections of a sedentary Stoic.
“It’s like living in fear all the time,” a teenager said about the federal immigration raids that have shattered families.
Brian O’Hara, who took over a troubled police force and has spent years rebuilding community trust, fears the long-term damage wrought by federal agents.
President Trump’s extraordinary comments were the latest iteration of his unsubstantiated claims that U.S. elections are rigged as Republicans face potentially big losses this fall.
Polls show a growing acceptance of territorial concessions among a war-weary public, if Ukraine receives adequate security guarantees.
THE GUARDIAN WEEKLY: The latest issue features ‘USA-IRAN’ – Collision Course….
Have Donald Trump’s hard talk and the arrival of a strike-ready flotilla finally made Tehran blink? It certainly seemed so by Monday evening, when Iran said it was willing to talk. A week of trading threats turned to strong indications that Steve Witkoff, Trump’s envoy, and Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s minister for foreign affairs, were readying to meet in Istanbul on Friday. In this week’s big story, Ashifa Kassam and Andrew Roth chart how momentum to war slowed and fears of a wider regional conflict eased, albeit marginally.
The background to Trump’s war of words against Tehran was the huge protests that rocked Iran last month, until they were brutally repressed by the regime. Analysts suggest a fragile domestic security situation prompted the Iranian government’s softening towards US demands. Our diplomatic editor and longtime Iran watcher, Patrick Wintour, explains that while the streets are now quiet, a shift in the balance of power between the people and the government has emboldened domestic demands for a full investigation of the killing and imprisonment of protesters.
Spotlight | The Epstein files, part two
Daniel Boffey details the biggest bombshell among the 3m newly released documents: disgraced former minister Peter Mandelson’s deep and compromising relationship with the convicted paedophile
Environment | Nature runs wild in Fukushima
Free of human habitation after the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown, Fukushima is now teeming with wildlife. But this haven could vanish if people come back, finds Justin McCurry
Features | From hope to despair
The postwar new town of Newton Aycliffe with its boarded up shops is a symbol of the Britain’s economic gloom – and a warning for Labour as it battles the rise of Reform UK, reports Josh Halliday
Opinion | Art, groceries, Greenland – thieves are everywhere
Jonathan Liew reflects on how we all seem to live in a world defined by petty theft and no one, whether it’s the pickpocket or the big AI company, seems to get punished
Culture | Small acts of magic
Mackenzie Crook tells Zoe Williams how his approach to comedy has mellowed with age. Gone is the nervous, awkward energy of Gareth from The Office, to be replaced by the gentle curiosity that animates his new series Small Prophets
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