The F-35 fighter jet is the most expensive weapons program in U.S. history, but one of its biggest failures isn’t in the air — it’s on the ground. The Pentagon’s Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS), conceived as an ambitious plan to revolutionize fighter jet maintenance and logistics, collapsed under the weight of bad design, poor […]
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
‘Israel Has Succeeded in Killing Me’: Journalist Anas Jamal Al-Sharif’s Last Words
An Israeli air strike killed Palestinian journalist Anas Jamal Al-Sharif and four Al Jazeera colleagues.
On the United States’ “Imminent” Military Intervention Against Mexico
The Trump administration’s latest escalatory threat comes just days after Rolling Stone reported on a secret drug trafficking cartel operating out of Fort Bragg.
What Is Happening to the Dollar as a Safe Haven?
Why the speed of the dollar’s demise seems to be a tad over-anticipated.
NYC Mayor Eric Adams in Cahoots With ICE? Sudden Surge in Courthouse Arrests With Failure to Act on Illegal Detentions
Hyper agressive ICE shifts tactics in New York City by arresting targets at court appearances. A sop to Mayor Adams? To NYC oligarchs?
Coffee Break: Larry Ellison + Oracle + AI + Paramount + Trump = Total Info Control
Oracle billionaire CEO Larry Ellison is aggressively moving into media and military contracting to consolidate his power in the Trump 2.0 era.
Plunge in Conscientiousness Among Young, a Critical Quality for Personal and Societal Success
Technology is precipitating shifts in character, particularly a drop in conscientiousness, to our individual and collective disadvantage.
The Trump Route in the Southern Caucasus: Setting Events in Motion
The Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity through Armenia is less about economics, infrastructure, and the Nobel Peace Prize than it is about the US specialty of destabilization.
Why “Spend Before Tax” Is the Key to Unlocking a Future for Young People
The future younger people inherit is being decided less by the constraints of economics than by the limits of political imagination.
Beyond Carbon: The Overlooked Health Benefits of Fuel Taxation
Eco-taxes to reduce fuel emissions not only lower CO2 levels, but also reduce pollution, helping poor neighborhoods the most.
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Daughter Of Horror (1957) Run Time: 56m
Daughter of Horror is a movie about a young woman’s horrific journey through psychosis…or is it real?
Skyscrapers of Babel: How Ancient Mesopotamia Shaped the Modern City
In the early 20th century, architects and artists like Hugh Ferriss drew on the myths and monuments of ancient Babylon to imagine futuristic skylines—melding ziggurats with modernism in a visionary blend of the past and the possible.
