Monday, July 14, 2025

U of Florida Law School: Where racism and originalism converge

Preston Damsky, a law-school prize for an essay written for the judge's seminar, argued that the Constitution was originally intended only for white people and therefore even today non-whites could not claim their Constitutional rights and privileges.

The dark side of ecotourism: When green travel exploits people and the planet

As luxury eco-retreats and voluntourism surge, experts warn that without systemic reform, the industry may be doing more harm than good.

Ugliest of ugly Americans, desperate for face-saving charades, exports chaotic, boorish pestilence abroad

Stuntery, like putz-ery, is readily undone and when it flops, it turns against itself.

Heinrich-backed ORPHAN Cures Act returns in GOP reconciliation bill, critics say it gifts Big...

Senate parliamentarian reverses an earlier ruling, letting a provision that shields multi-use orphan drugs from Medicare price talks ride on Republicans’ budget package as patient advocates warn of higher costs for taxpayers and seniors.

GOP budget standoff deepens as internal revolt stalls Trump’s $3.3 trillion megabill

Senate hold-outs cite draconian Medicaid and SNAP cuts while a new CBO score warns the measure will add $3.3 trillion to the debt even as Republican leaders race to meet Trump’s July 4 deadline.

A ‘striking’ trend: After Texas banned abortion, more women nearly bled to death during...

A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.

Feeding the warfare state

In short, as of now, in the battle between welfare and warfare, the militarists are carrying the day.

The rage of billionaires and the frenzy to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming New...

That strategy is now striking fear into the hard hearts of insatiably greedy billionaires.

Wind and solar power grows along side fossil fuel to help deliver total energy...

All major energy sources hit a record high in 2024 making renewable energy, oil, gas, coal, nuclear and hydropower responsible for the worldwide energy demand.

Trump knows he’s failing—and he’s hoping a new war will bail him out

Trump’s Iran offensive seeks to divert attention from mounting crises at home.