Update on Abduction & Jailing of Tufts Student Rümeysa Öztürk
Patrick Foy wrote: This is an outrage and unconscionable on all levels. Way over the line. You can’t make this up. Clearly members of the Trump administration are taking their marching orders from Israeli front organizations operating inside the U.S. who are monitoring and doxing college students critical of Israel’s action in Gaza. For background on this, I recommend James Bamford’s latest book, Spy Fail. It is, in part, a shocking exposé of Israel espionage against the U.S., its […]
It’s Stupid to Match Other Countries’ Stupidity With Stupidity of Our Own
Tweet Here’s a letter to a long-time friend. Dirk: Thanks for your email in which you write that “free trade is in our best interest only if our trade partners trade freely, otherwise we are foolish to let our guard down.” Your view is widely held, but, with respect, it’s mistaken. The error springs from presuming that protective tariffs are to a nation’s economic security what military spending is to a nation’s territorial security. Just as our government […]
A Federal Judge Greenlights a Lawsuit That Claims Florida’s Ban on Lab-Grown Meat Is Unconstitutional
“We will save our beef,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared when he signed the nation’s first ban on cultivated meat last May, portraying the law as part of his administration’s “focus on investing in our local farmers and ranchers.” Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson concurred that the governor was “standing up for Florida’s farmers and consumers,” saying “we must protect our incredible farmers” from “a disgraceful attempt to undermine our proud traditions and prosperity.” He promised to […]
Bonus Quotation of the Day…
Tweet … is this Facebook comment, about Trump’s tariffs, by my emeritus Nobel-laureate colleague, Vernon Smith: Never has there been a better example of a politician shooting himself in the foot, or self-destructing, than Mr Trump ‘s tariffs proposal. Even with his pause, he has caused a reduction in economic welfare. A remarkable demonstration of the power of ignorance to reduce economic betterment. DBx: Trump and Commerce secretary Howard Lutnick, in announcing “Liberation Day” tariffs punitive taxes on […]
ICE Is Trying To Deport a Harvard Medical School Researcher Over Frog Embryos
This week, an immigration judge found the official document initiating the deportation of Kseniia Petrova, a Russian-born Harvard Medical School researcher, failed to meet legal standards. Petrova has been in Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) custody since February. She is challenging the cancellation of her J-1 scholar visa while seeking asylum due to the threat of persecution she faces in Russia. The judge asked the government to file additional information to support deportation, and a hearing to assess the […]
SERÁ… Lya Rocha
SERÁS Siempre serás mi recuerdo favorito. Aquello que tuve un ratito de mi vida y adoré cada instante. Aquello que me quitaba el sueño por las noches y me dejaba una sonrisa inigualable. Aquello que no volveré a tener, pero siempre te voy a recordar Por y para siempre… LLya