The United States eradicated screwworms over a half century ago. Now they're back.
Mark Sumner
Of all the foggy spots in this war, this may be the foggiest.
For any Democratic candidate looking for a theme this fall, there it is: A campaign in two words. Ballroom Republicans.
Millions of American 401(k) plans are headed for the pockets of the world's richest asshole.
The network is burying the last vestiges of their once storied history.
Ukrainians are well aware that Musk is not their benefactor. He's their extortionist.
April was the first month since 2024 in which Russian forces suffered a net loss of controlled territory.
Ukraine's drones are so effective that tanks and other armored vehicles have all but vanished from the fight.
New food shortages growing into overwhelming global catastrophe seems all too possible.
Russia continues to burn through its resources but is no longer seeing gains for it.
Trump isnāt really looking for a deal; Heās looking for an excuse. Having firmly grasped this hot potato, heās discovered that putting it down is impossible. So heās pretending to be negotiating with people who arenāt interested in anything but his surrender.
A recently published scientific paper shows that an often-cited claim of the 'lab leak' theory is simply not true
A month into the war, the Iranian regime is still in place, the world economy is plummeting toward recession, the stock market is crashing, and every U.S. military base in the Middle East is "uninhabitable." Is this winning?
Iran is treating the Strait of Hormuz as a "toll gate," allowing a handful of tankers to pass through after searches and steep payments to the Iranian military. Nothing suggests even a remote connection to any deal made with Trump.
The $200B request alone would be the world's third-largest military budget, behind only the U.S. and China.
Corruption, corruption, and corruption.
Mullin's statements on the murders of Goode and Pretti are unforgivable and disgusting. Replacing Noem with Mullin is like replacing arsenic with cyanide.
In this war, Trump and Hegseth have a very simple philosophy. We don't know why we're there. We don't know what we want. We don't know when it ends. And f**k you for asking.
NASA announces a series of changes that require going faster ... and slower.
Join us here under this comfy rock where we can pretend things are fine. Just fine.