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Hayden Valley, Yellowstone. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. Bill Rees likes to say that ecological footprint analysis began with an epiphany—when he was 10 years old. Sitting down to lunch on his grandparents’ Ontario farm with relatives he had worked with that morning, the sweaty kid realized he had played a small part in raising everything on the table—beef, chicken, potatoes, carrots, and a few other items the farm had produced so far that season. Rees remembers the moment as thrilling. “You know the expression, ‘You are what you eat’? As a child, I realized I am what I eat, and that I grew…
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After watching the latest rounds of right-wing podcasters intoning that somehow Trump is demon-possessed or out of his mind or fill-in-the-blank crazy conspiracy theory, or “It’s all about the Jews!”, it’d probably be good to broach what is apparently a unique thought to the daily bloviators. When it comes to the “Don-roe Doctrine,” perhaps President Trump actually sees the broader geopolitical realities America has lived under for generations and is trying to do something to ensure that America remains safe and our economy remains robust. Here’s the frame everyone seems to be missing: Whatever you think about the Iran situation…
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In the aftermath of last week’s big meeting of the Democratic National Committee in New Orleans, supporters of the U.S.-Israel alliance have been quite content. “We’re pleased that the DNC Resolutions Committee rejected a set of divisive, anti-Israel resolutions,” the president of Democratic Majority for Israel said. The CEO of the Jewish Democratic Council of America, a former national security advisor to Kamala Harris, expressed gratitude to the DNC’s leadership. Why did pro-Israel groups voice so much pleasure and praise – not only for the sidelining of pro-human-rights resolutions but also for the process that sidelined them? The answer has…
Politics Is It Time to Impeach Trump? The president’s disregard for the law is reckless and dangerous. MIAMI, FLORIDA – APRIL 11: U.S. President Donald Trump attends UFC 327 at Kaseya Center on April 11, 2026 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson – Pool/Getty Images) Rep. John Larson (D-CT) has introduced 13 articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, House Resolution 1155, to save the nation from a worse tyranny than provoked July 4, 1776. Trump has said and done appalling things no other president has dared—not even close. What other president has proclaimed in the manner of…
Anna Bonalume and Jeremy Frey. The political rise of Giorgia Meloni is the most spectacular success story of the right wing in Western democracies. One explanation for this success is probably the fact that even when trying to demystify Meloni, the resulting portrait retains charm. That’s the impression left by the documentary “The Meloni Case” by Anna Bonalume and Jeremy Frey, that recently premiered at the Geneva International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights. Raised by a single mother after her father abandoned the family when she was one year old, Giorgia demonstrated a rare skill for advancing on…
The American industrial base, like the budget, is finite, and arms sent and used in one region cannot be used to project power in another. The recent decision by the Trump administration to move components of an air defense system from South Korea to the Middle East underscores this basic reality. It also demonstrates that the American adventure in Iran, far from hurting China, risks involving the U.S. in another Mideast quagmire that distracts from strategic competition in Asia. The end of the Obama administration saw the beginning—or what many thought was the beginning—of the long awaited ‘pivot to Asia,’…
Just learned this largely legalese word today; it means, according to Black’s Law Dictionary, 1. The carrying on of trade along a country’s coast; the transport of goods or passengers from one port or place to another in the same country…. 2. The privilege of carrying traffic between two ports in the same country. 3. The right of a foreign airline to carry passengers and cargo between airports in the same country. Black’s also offers this quote: “Some writers maintain [that cabotage] should be applied only to maritime navigation; in this context one can distinguish between petit cabotage — transport…