6+ hour, 31+ min ago  (515+ words) Pete, I think you were the first one to speak up," Trump recently'recalled'at a press event. And you said, "Let's do it, because you can't let them have a nuclear weapon." Americans join the military for any number of reasons:…...

6+ hour, 40+ min ago  (213+ words) The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel " CC BY 2. 5 "Adam was an Onanist." " Graffiti, men's restroom, Vatican City (public wing) "I know. I watched." " Added below, in gold marker Woman, we are told, began as a spare ribbon of flesh " all…...

6+ hour, 40+ min ago  (619+ words) At Marine Corps Base Quantico in September 2025, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth promised assembled generals "maximum lethality" and no "stupid rules of engagement." Under his leadership, the newly rebranded Department of War would "untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate,…...

6+ hour, 31+ min ago  (1321+ words) In mid-January, a young Venezuelan mother named Oriana invited me into her home in Ciudad Tiuna, a government-built housing project with thousands of apartments and roughly 20, 000 residents. With her five- and twelve- year-old sons in the other room, she pointed…...

7+ hour, 43+ min ago  (227+ words) Image by Fauzan Saari. Who would imagine that an international sporting event will be the next battleground in the fight against authoritarian repression? Yet that scenario is unfolding right now, and the battleground is the World Cup tournament " soon to…...

6+ hour, 37+ min ago  (689+ words) On Wednesday, the Washington Post ran a short piece with the headline, "Musk's Space X Discloses Massive Losses Ahead of Expected Record-Breaking IPO." The first sentence told readers: Space X, the rocket company led by Elon Musk set to debut…...

8+ hour, 19+ min ago  (1190+ words) David Carrier is a philosopher who writes art criticism. His Aesthetic Theory, Abstract Art and Lawrence Carroll (Bloomsbury) and with Joachim Pissarro, Aesthetics of the Margins/ The Margins of Aesthetics: Wild Art Explained (Penn State University Press) were published in…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (297+ words) The New York Times is apparently worried that President Trump will mistake China for a friend, and it has been engaging in a blitz to stop him from establishing a partnership with China." On the first day of Trump's visit…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (964+ words) The emerging regional offensive The wider conspiracy has been revealed in a trove of leaked audio recordings, now dubbed "Hondurasgate." The 37 recordings appear to show that Hern'ndez " still in the US " is preparing a return to Honduran politics and, in…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (595+ words) For years, I have tried to understand how and why so many of my family and friends, good and intelligent people, buy into the Trump-MAGA promise of quick and easy solutions to complex problems. I see why they believe the…...