1+ day, 54+ min ago   (148+ words) Introduction “The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (also known as the 9-11 Commission), an independent, bipartisan commission created by congressional legislation and the signature of President George W. Bush in late 2002, is chartered to prepare … The post…...

1+ day, 54+ min ago   (226+ words) How did the media approach 911? They read from the same script. It was basically a Pentagon script. Dissent was obliterated. They ignored evidence from first responder firefighters who talked about explosions: boom boom boom boom boom boom boom. Then there’s…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (489+ words) Ukraine is losing the war, and Volodymyr Zelensky is living under an illusion about Ukraine’s chances of defeating Russia or even halting the slow, grinding advances, according to The Spectator. The report comes as United States President Donald Trump’s son-in-law,…...

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3+ day, 54+ min ago   (561+ words) The American political theorist and Sterling Professor of Political Science at Yale University, Robert A. Dahl (1917−2014), left in his immense scientific writing opus considerable remarks on democracy. Here, I would like to summarise his theoretical approaches to democracy. 19th-century painting by…...

3+ day, 54+ min ago   (1226+ words) With the 25th anniversary of “9/11” this week, it is important to remember all the warning signs that were evident in the months leading up to the events of that terrible day and the anthrax attacks that followed. Despite their obviousness, the…...

3+ day, 54+ min ago   (227+ words) An AI researcher set off a social media frenzy by quitting his job and accusing both OpenAI and Anthropic of acting irresponsibly. Coxon’s post, which has been viewed more than 70 million times, underscores a long-standing debate in Silicon Valley about…...

3+ day, 54+ min ago   (858+ words) Trump’s growing pressure on Canada and Europe (over Greenland and now Iceland) is exposing the limits of a purely trans-Atlantic approach to Arctic governance. With Russia being a key Arctic power, trans-Arctic cooperation would be a natural path for Europe…...

3+ day, 54+ min ago   (402+ words) International responses to Israel’s policies in the occupied West Bank, notably regarding redrawing the ethnic composition of the territory, have been a slow burn affair. Condemnation and admonitions have issued from various international bodies and civil society groups regarding the…...

3+ day, 54+ min ago   (1044+ words) Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband “called out” the growing numbers of Israeli settlements in the West Bank imposing sanctions on some aspects of the system although contradictions remain within the overall stance towards apartheid state In an unprecedented address before the…...