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Archives for 2025
From T. S. Eliot to the Grateful Dead: echoes of FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:26
it was used by Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley for a Grateful Dead poster in 1966, and for the cover of the group’s second live album in 1971
Tariffs trickle into Cost of Thanksgiving Dinner, jilting Consumers and Farmers
“The folks that are taking the punches are the ones that can’t really afford to take the punches,” said Tuthill, president of Royal Food Import
How Global Power Shifts are Playing out in the Red Sea Region of the Mideast
The Red Sea borders some of the world’s most volatile regions: the Horn of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and the the Indo-Pacific area
Mamdani was Right to Handle Trump, but the Left must Remember that the President is Still a Toxic Nationalist
Trump and his MAGA followers are hardly going to forsake their standard mix of bigotry, anti-immigrant mania and other political toxins
MESA Board Statement concerning the detention of Dr. Vahid Abedini
Dr. Abedini was detained on November 22 by ICE before boarding a flight to attend the MESA Annual Meeting in Washington, DC
Ozymandias on the Potomac: Energy Policy and the Politics of American Decline
These days Donald Trump’s Washington abounds with monuments to overblown imperial grandeur and plans for more
The Ecocide of Gaza
Well before October 7, 2023, the Gaza Strip had progressively been isolated from the West Bank and the outside world overall
“All the Saints and Sages:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:25
How long will sages debate if this world is eternal or created? / Once I have left it, why should I care, either way?







