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For many, it still sounds like a scenario from a dystopian future: food only available with digital authorization, fuel quotas, personal consumption limits, and a QR code that determines who can access what. But the basic idea isn't so far-fetched. Rationing has already been implemented; Switzerland still uses it as a crisis management…
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When Lucy Ackman, the 26-year-old daughter of billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, lost her sight after a brain haemorrhage, her family could mobilize a medical network unavailable to almost anyone else. Her doctors at Mount Sinai obtained emergency FDA authorization for the first mitochondrial transplant ever attempted in…
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President Trump recently told reporters to expect more US attacks on Iranian tankers, as the war over the Hormuz Strait continues to escalate in piecemeal tit-for-tat fashion. “The attacks are made by us. We’ve knocked out nine of their ships. I would say that the attacks are caused by us, and you’re going to see a lot more,” the…
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Donald Trump remembers watching the second aircraft strike and realising that history had changed. He was right about the rupture, if not every detail of its aftermath. Twenty-five years later, 9/11 survives in airport searches, mass surveillance, unfinished trials, toxic lungs, trillion-dollar wars and a generation that knows the attacks…
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Norway is one of the wealthiest countries in the world. Until recently, it was also one of the most enthusiastic adopters of screen-based education technologies. In the 1980s, Norway was quick to prioritize the use of computers in its classrooms. During the early 2000s, the country's government declared the use of digital…
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People keep asking when World War III will begin. They're asking the wrong question. Europe is already acting as if it were at war. The politicians in Brussels would never allow peace because the sovereign debt crisis requires an external enemy. Every week, another European government announces increased military spending, another…
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The battle over American comfort The Trump administration delivered a decisive blow to what conservatives have long called the “Green New Scam” on July 2, 2026, when the Department of Energy announced it would permanently end federal mandates forcing Americans to buy underperforming home appliances in the name of energy efficiency.…
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What in God’s name has occurred to our youth? Not all of them, not yet – but the affliction is spreading fast. What contagion has taken hold? I could name a dozen, but the one that troubles me most – and the one that flows from all the others – is the loss of depth. By that I mean the quiet abandonment of any real pursuit of meaning,…
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President Trump has unilaterally declared the United States the “guardian” of the Strait of Hormuz, claiming the right to charge a 20% toll on all cargo passing through. He says we are “taking over” the waterway and will act as a “guardian angel” – and get paid for it. This is not just illegal under international law; it is a…
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