The anaesthesiologist and writer Ronald W Dworkin’s work provides rare, honest and confronting insights into the operating room. His latest Aeon Essay aims squarely at bioethics: a discipline mired in theory that has little to say to doctors like him making real-world decisions
Jesse Jackson reading "Green Eggs and Ham" is so wonderful. RIP
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I forgot just how nice the chorus was! And there’s something so wonderfully 1980s about this song.
The ICJ has now linked fossil fuel licensing and subsidies to potential legal wrongdoing.
www.icj-cij.org/sites/defaul...
Did this week’s U.S.-Japan trade deal also involve spending on defense? Donald Trump seems to think so. Japan, not so much.
News broke a short time ago that Prime Minister Ishiba will likely be leaving the premiership in August. Here, I explain why he has little choice but to go, how the US-Japan trade deal contributed to his decision, and offered some initial thoughts on his tenure.
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I spoke to Money FM 89.3 in Singapore about Trump’s pick for US Ambassador to Malaysia, Nick Adams. We discussed his unconventional background, the risks and realities of political appointees, and why Malaysia will simply have to adapt. omny.fm/shows/moneyf...
My Trade Secrets today.
It's a longstanding American grievance that predates Trump: US companies can't sell cars in Europe & elsewhere because of evil trade barriers. It's actually because US protectionism has encouraged its carmakers to make clunky great gas-guzzlers no one else wants to buy.
Fab FT Alphaville piece by @bryce.lol that asks the views of economists cited in constructing Trump's tariff formula
gift link: on.ft.com/43yp9t8
Shortwave listeners noting China already taking over some frequencies used by VOA and RFA as USAGM has silenced its own transmitters. Especially critical with thousands of casualties in the Myanmar M7.7 quake where survivors would normally be receiving vital info from our Burmese language services.
The US Army's 100 Bn./442nd Regimental Combat Team page is down.
Formerly:
www.army.mil/asianpacific...
For posterity:
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I never thought I'd see the day when the U.S. government turns it back on its soldiers because they weren't white men. But here it is.
WSJ: “.. Tariffs on washing machines created an estimated 1,800 jobs at firms like Samsung, according to a study .. but they cost consumers about $1.5 billion annually, or more than $800,000 per job.” 🇺🇸
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
That sinking feeling when you catch yourself agreeing with Kagan or Frum or Kristol — architects of foreign policy disasters that helped create today’s mess. Like begrudgingly admitting an arsonist makes a good point about fire safety.
A strategic reckoning by Hugh White.
I had no idea there was a Brunei angle to the Iran–Contra affair.
WSJ EDITORlAL BOARD: “He’s treating the North American economy as a personal plaything .. It’s doubtful Mr. Trump even has the power to impose these tariffs, and we hope his afflatus gets a legal challenge.”
www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...
Oh, the irony.
Donald Trump's tariff wars are supposed to herald a new American dream.
But they could become a nightmare for Boeing, which is in danger of suffering more than its rival Airbus.
“In Malaysia, 0.59% of GDP is tied to trade that adds value to Canadian and Mexican exports to the U.S., the highest share among Asian economies, data shows.”
www.reuters.com/markets/asia...
NEW: Some U.S. allies are considering scaling back the intelligence they share with Washington in response to the Trump administration’s conciliatory approach to Russia, sources with direct knowledge of the discussions tell NBC News.
How Trump’s tariffs threaten an iconic US pick-up truck
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A king with no crown,
The shining hill writhes in flame,
Ruins lie in hush.
Alleged Chinese spies gave Philippine city and police cash and motorbikes - www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
This seems a tad excessive. Navarro has denied this, but perhaps what's equally concerning is that such a reckless move is eminently plausible in today’s America.
NEW: updated long-run gap in voting between young men and women in Germany:
Gender divide continues to widen, but contrary to what is often assumed, young men continue to vote roughly in line with the overall population, while young women have swung sharply left.
www.ft.com/content/29fd...
The architect of Biden's shitshow of a Middle East policy didn't waste any time cashing in
