A Desire Named Streetcar; Or, What Happened to Mass Transit?

Thomas Knapp: I like mass transit. When I’m living in or visiting a substantial city, there’s simply no better way to get around than the local bus or (if I’m lucky) train system. Why battle heavy traffic when I can relax, crack a book, and let someone else drive me  to within easy walking distance of almost … Continue reading A Desire Named Streetcar; Or, What Happened to Mass Transit? → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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Ukraine’s Latest Paranoia About Russian Sleeper Cells Is Dividing Its Security Services

Voice of East: Ukraine’s Latest Paranoia About Russian Sleeper Cells Is Dividing Its Security Services By Andrew Korybko Zelensky himself set this divisive process into motion by recently warning that Russian agents are supposedly plotting to carry out a “Maidan 3” against him. Ukrainian... Read More › - Voice of East


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New Zealand’s “Generational” Smoking Ban Repeal: Finally, Taxes Do Some Good

Thomas Knapp: As part of its deal to put together a majority coalition (and therefore a government), The Guardian reports, New Zealand’s National Party has agreed to  a demand from the New Zealand First Party for repeal the country’s “generational” tobacco ban, due to come into force in 2024. The ban — a “world first” that’s since … Continue reading New Zealand’s “Generational” Smoking Ban Repeal: Finally, Taxes Do Some Good → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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Saudi Arabia Is Expected To Eventually Resume Its Secret Normalization Talks With Israel

Voice of East: Saudi Arabia Is Expected To Eventually Resume Its Secret Normalization Talks With Israel By Andrew Korybko To deflect from predictable accusations of “selling out to the Zionists”, Mohammed Bin Salman might have his country offer to fund Gaza’s reconstruction. Biden speculated on Friday... Read More › - Voice of East


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Why Don’t The EU’s Reported Security Guarantees To Ukraine Include Mutual Defence?

Voice of East: Why Don’t The EU’s Reported Security Guarantees To Ukraine Include Mutual Defence? By Andrew Korybko The West doesn’t want to risk getting embroiled in a larger conflict with Russia by miscalculation once that bloc’s failed proxy war against it inevitably freezes.... Read More › - Voice of East


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X Marks the Spot Where Advertisers Must Decide What Their Advertising is For

Thomas Knapp: On November 20, X Corp. — the corporate entity through which Elon Musk owns X, formerly known as Twitter — filed suit against Media Matters for America, which styles itself a “progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media.” At issue is a Media Matters … Continue reading X Marks the Spot Where Advertisers Must Decide What Their Advertising is For → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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NATO’s Proxy War On Russia Through Ukraine Appears To Be Winding Down

Voice of East: NATO’s Proxy War On Russia Through Ukraine Appears To Be Winding Down By Andrew Korybko Considering all the disadvantageous dynamics that are rapidly converging nowadays, there’s little doubt that NATO’s proxy war on Russia is winding down, though that doesn’t automatically... Read More › - Voice of East


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War: Thanks But No Thanks

Thomas Knapp: When I think of Thanksgiving, I seldom think of the Pilgrims and Wampanoag people dining together (likely sans turkey, stuffing, and pumpkin pie) in Massachusetts in 1621. Rather, my thoughts wander to Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 proclamation inviting his fellow citizens “to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next as a Day of … Continue reading War: Thanks But No Thanks → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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The Quran And The Fate Which Awaits Israel – Sheikh Imran N. Hosein – 2

Voice of East: The Quran And The Fate Which Awaits Israel – Sheikh Imran N. Hosein – Part 2 In his second video message on Israel’s war on Gaza, Sheikh Imran N. Hosein has explained an important topic from the Quran. He has... Read More › - Voice of East


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Is Reading This Column Really a Choice? And Does That Matter?

Thomas Knapp: Maybe I didn’t really want to write this column. According to Robert Sapolsky I just couldn’t help myself. Sapolsky, a Stanford biology professor and author of Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, argues that everything we do is pre-destined. Not by an all-knowing and completely controlling god, but by biology. Our brains work in … Continue reading Is Reading This Column Really a Choice? And Does That Matter? → - by Thomas L. Knapp


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