Thomas Fazi Most people know that Israel is one of the world’s top weapons producers and exporters. Less known is the fact that Israel, especially since 1967, has used its weapons industry to arm and support some of the most brutal regimes of the second half of the twentieth century, responsible for gross human rights…

21/03/2024 NATO Chief Praises Turkey’s Military Support for Azerbaijan Turkey backed Azerbaijan’s attack on Nagorno-Karabakh, which ended in ethnic cleansing by Dave DeCampMarch 19, 2024 During a visit to Azerbaijan over the weekend, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg praised Baku’s military relationship with Turkey, which helped Azerbaijan cleanse Nagorno-Karabakh of its ethnic Armenian population. “The close cooperation…

Mar 15, 2024MORDECAI KURZ Since the 1980s, American capitalism has been transformed into a winner-takes-all economy in which one or a few technologically dominant firms monopolize each sector at the expense of consumers, workers, and overall growth. And with permanent market power comes the kind of political power that is antithetical to democracy. STANFORD –…

Why aren’t you changing your mind? Smart people often hold themselves back from questioning their own actions and beliefs, and in the process, from learning By Rohin Dharmakumar 14 min read View in browser Hello again, dear reader, and welcome back to First Principles. We’re in official mango season down south! One of the joys of…

in Life/Philosophy by Surender Neer 18/03/2024 Punjabi literature has many such authors on the horizon who happen to be like torch bearers of their cosmos but Khalid Hussain is one such writer who neither yearned for the sky nor  tried to achieve one.In order to lighten up the Punjabi literary cosmos  he rose from a far flung…