Europe Becoming Poorer?

The Eurozone is falling further behind the United States.

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Price Transparency

Should businesses have to include taxes and other fees in their advertised price?

NATO to Bolster Ukraine Aid

Membership is stalled by more support is coming.

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Why So Many Americans Die in Traffic Accidents

Our car culture is killing us.

Bringing Ukraine Into NATO

The Biden Administration is pushing for a half measure.

Henry Kissinger at 100

A rare man and a rare milestone.

Kick Russia Off the Security Council?

A bad idea backed up by worse reasoning.

Putin’s Failed Gambit

He’s turned Russia from a G-8 member to an international pariah.

Saturday Tabs

You know the drill.

Ukraine War Plans Leaked

Russia is circulating doctored versions of plans for a Ukrainian counteroffensive.

Ford Doubling Down on EVs, But Not in USA

The company will debut an all-electric “Explorer” in Europe.

The Experts Were Wrong on COVID

Hubris has set back the cause of science.

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NATO Sending Mixed Signals to Ukraine and Russia

Alliance leaders have significantly different priorities regarding the conflict.

Risk, Reward, and Statecraft

President Biden’s dangerous gambit seems to have succeeded.

On the Number of Parties 4: The Oddity of Two, Part 3 (Thinking About Just Two)

A post about thinking in a comparative way.

Ukraine: Too Much Is Not Enough

The appetite for more resources approaches infinity.

U. S. Sending Abrams Tanks After All

An object lesson on the challenges of alliance politics.

Far-Right Idiocy in Sweden

Swedish right-wing provocation and Turkish short-sightedness.

America’s Slow Escalation in Ukraine

The Biden administration is slowly ratcheting up the aid package.

Japan’s Shift to Robust Military Ally

A more dangerous world is changing the relationship.

Joseph Ratzinger, 1927-2022

The Pope Emeritus has died at 95.

Brits Deporting Migrants to Rwanda

A legal but unsavory solution to a problem.

Policies in Conflict

The Biden Administration wants clean energy but only for some.

America’s Unique Medical Debt Problem

We charge patients way more than other counties.

Whelan, Griner, and the State of Our Politics

Knowing what FNC is likely saying without watching FNC.

German Coup Plot Averted

Twenty five alleged plotters have been arrested

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Germany Open for Immigration

The times they are a changing.

The Qatar World Cup and Broad Drawing Conclusions From Unique Events

Sports fans enjoy watching sports. How much does politics impact that?

On Spurious Majorities and Other Thoughts on Electoral System Critiques

Because sometimes the comment box is just too small.

The ‘Crime of the Century’ Didn’t Happen

Three-and-a-half years and almost 6 million tax dollars have produced nothing.

The Depth of US Support to Ukraine

The collaboration has been even more robust than advertised.

Putin’s Nuclear Gambit

The threat is not idle and the options for responding are not good.

Nord Stream Pipeline Sabotaged; EU Blames Russia

The CIA warned of his months ago but the Biden administration is being cautious.

When Autocrats Get Desperate

Autocrats facing defeat have all kinds of counterproductive, dangerous ideas.

Italy Expected to Elect Post-Fascist Premier

Democratic backsliding appears to be spreading to another European country.

Democracy Scholars for Proportional Representation

A lot of folks who study democracy have sent an open letter to Congress.

Fear of a White Scholar

President Biden had a meeting with some historians. The horrors.

Mikhail Gorbachev, 1931-2022

The last Soviet leader is gone at 91.

Russia’s Absurd Demands for Griner and Whalen Release

Moscow is playing a very strange game.

China’s Worrisome Behavior

The competition is slowly ratcheting up.

Biden Continuing Trump Foreign Policy?

Normalcy is not a bad thing.

On Senate Reform

A proposal by Jamell Bouie

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Why America Can’t Build

Are we too regulated for our own good?

A Fascistic and Authoritarian Response

Donald Trump and friends speak to the NRA.

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Q&A Time

Hopefully answering a reader question (but probably just making it all worse).

Want a Cheap, Disposable Razor?

Strapped for cash? Environmentally conscious?

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Biden Condemns Russian ‘Genocide’

Whether deliberate or another ‘gaffe,’ he’s likely right.

Russia’s Diplomatic Isolation

The West continues to close Moscow off.

Monday Tab Clearing

Stories of note sans write-ups.

American Excess Deaths from COVID

We did much better in 2020 and worse since 2021 than we thought.