From Left to Right, the Penny is Dropping that the Days of US Armed Supremacy Are Numbered
Stephen Wertheim s Tomorrow, the World is an interesting study of the US foreign policy elite that birthed the military mindset and the military-industrial complex that followed, which President Eisenhower warned against as he left office.
There is growing opposition to the sheer costs in blood and treasure of Americaâs military complex. Photo: Reuters
World10/Apr/2021
CNNâs Fareed Zakaria blew out of the water the idea that the Pentagon was asking for ever larger military spending because of the Chinese threat, its own effectiveness as a military machine in places like Afghanistan, or as value for money. He showed that the Pentagonâs obsession with its âmilitary edgeâ over competitors was totally overblown.
Bill Gates Proposes To Technofix Climate Change but Underplays the Role of Nature 11/03/2021
Bill Gates has written a remarkable book,
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need (2021): it cuts through the smog and tells us how technology can help overcome the climate crisis.
It is a succinct summary of climate science (chapters 4 to 8) that segues into offering a suite of interventions and solutions (chapters 9 to 12) that are sure to be a primer for investors and institutions. The generous advance praise and blurbs on the cover, and a phalanx of experts and reviewers in the acknowledgement, assure you that this is all you will ever need to know about climate change and how we can take care of it hereon.
Read about how the age-old question about the kind of relationship we expect journalists to have with the politicians they cover has been brought up all over again.