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The Coup That Wasn’t
The Coup That Wasn’t by Mel Gurtov 1005 words A Narrow and Costly Escape Tensions between the Russian defense ministry and the head of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeniy Prigozhin, had been running high for months, mainly because of differences over war strategy and Prigozhin’s accusations of insufficient battlefield support. Last week those tensions reached
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It’s Time to Stop the ‘Insect Apocalypse’
It’s Time to Stop the ‘Insect Apocalypse’ by Robert C. Koehler 884 words I was reading about bumble bees recently — specifically, their looming demise, thanks to human greed and ignorance — and started thinking about the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. We should have eaten from it! Well, we did, but then apparently
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War Trudges On and On and On . . . Ellsberg, the Pentagon Papers, Ukraine
War Trudges On and On and On . . . Ellsberg, the Pentagon Papers, Ukraine by Russell Vandenbroucke 786 words The recent death of Daniel Ellsberg offers an opportunity to recall what leaking The Pentagon Papers accomplished and ask what it reveals about ending a war, including the one in Ukraine. Alas, publication of this secret,