Lessons learned are supposed to be insights and practical takeaways from past experience.  The guest essays in the New York Times are arguing that such lessons will prevent the repetition of mistakes ...

As a scholar who spent decades using the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and archives studying Cold War CIA operations, it was with great interest that I watched yesterday’s US House Committee on ...

Ed Sanders is a poet, musician and writer. He founded Fuck You: a Magazine of the Arts, as well as the Fugs. He edits the Woodstock Journal. His books include: The Family, Sharon Tate: a Life and the ...

Former US national security advisor John Bolton and President Donald J. Trump share traits neither probably knew they had.  The latter, for one, is far ...

In 1950, the fourth FIFA World Cup was held in Brazil from June 24 to July 16. Brazil became the finalist of its group by ...

This week marks the anniversary of the enactment of one of the most consequential pieces of labor legislation in US history.

Last week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a notice in a US District Court to dismiss a case between the NAACP and Elon ...

Collection drives for food, clothing, medicine, and other essential goods have sprung up across Venezuela. Here, members of ...

Prologue I have always been skeptical of the viability and potential benefits of AI technologies. This is because they are ...

Taking an invention and claiming it as yours is called intellectual property, based on practices followed by US and European businesses. But what happens when your neighbor argues that inventions ...

For folks who might have missed it, abundance is the cool trend in politics these days. It got started with the book ...

El Niño is back. By late fall 2026, forecast models give a 2-in-3 chance of a strong-to-very strong El Niño affecting the ...