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Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist If the Democratic Party prevails in the midterm elections, Hakeem Jeffries will become the Speaker of the House of Representatives. But his decision to meet with Jared Kushner was a textbook case of how politics really operate and shows why a victory will once again bring disappointment to voters. Democratic Party leadership work on behalf of the ruling class and against the interests of the people. According to the New York Times, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries held an undisclosed, i.e. secret, meeting with Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law. “The rare engagement…
There is a lot of legitimate concern over the net effects of students using AI to do their school work. If you let AI do your writing, then you will not learn how to write, for example. Or worse – if you let AI think for you, then you will not learn how to think. I have spoken with many teachers at many levels about this and they range from those who take diligent steps to minimize AI “cheating”, to the other end where some throw up their arms and essentially say, “if students us AI to cheat, they are…
America lost one of its foremost historians in June when Gordon S. Wood was killed in an automobile accident near his home in Providence, Rhode Island. Source link
Nate Bear Do Not Panic From 1975 to 1999, Indonesia, with the deep and enthusiastic support of the US and the west, committed the worst genocide since the second world war, wiping out forty percent of East Timor’s population. It is the forgotten genocide, but speaks loudly to the present, particularly in its similarities with the genocide of Gaza, and that’s why I wanted to write about it. East Timor, now known as the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a small island country in southeast Asia which shares, on the island, a western border with Indonesia. To the south, Australia is fewer than 400…
Try to think of anyone who has made as deep and long-lasting a mark on American culture as she has. Source link
Edward Curtin Here where I sit once again looking easterly to the vast sea, the wind and the waves and winding vistas along the north Atlantic coast drown out trivial thoughts. We are here for a few days to empty our minds of trash, as a vacation should so vacate. Unlike many, we are lucky for this opportunity. Yesterday, while walking down the far deserted beach, we saw a dark mountainous form high up on a sand dune that perplexed us from a distance. As we closely approached it, we saw it was a massive dead seal that had…
Data Centers Should Lower, Not Hike, Homeowner Property Taxes Source link
Juan Cole Informed Comment President Prabowo Subianto of Indonesia has just announced a plan to halt all imports of petroleum and liquefied natural gas within three years. He said, “We must no longer import even a single barrel of oil, God willing, in the shortest possible time.” That statement is, of course, hyperbole. But much reducing petroleum imports for electricity generation is doable on a short timetable. It is safe to say that Indonesia does not bulk large in the American imagination. It should be on our radar, of course, as the world’s fourth most populous country (288 million) after India,…
Is Anything We've Been Told About Gaza True? Source link
ICE on Track To Hit Goal of 2,000 Daily Arrests Source link