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Killing the Arctic

… We have always been killing the Arctic . By “we” I mean non-native Westerners, who began … The hottest Arctic temperature ever, a sweltering 100.4° F, was recorded in the Siberian settlement of Verkhoyansk in … potential disaster was barely contained in January 1968, when an American B-52 bomber, carrying four thermonuclear …
Mata Hari (1876-1917).

Top Ten Origins: Spies, Lies, and Moles: Oh My!

… produces information. Its analysis generates intelligence. The process is priceless. This hardly constitutes a new … New York City, in June 1778 Continental Army General George Washington ordered Major Benjamin Tallmadge to create an … space facility outside of Moscow. Ames came under suspicion when Soviet intelligence officers recruited by the FBI began …

The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Ghosts of Ned Ludd

… Today we are living through the Fourth Industrial Revolution, as Klaus Schwab argues, … remember him as the legendary machine-breaking saboteur who was once the scourge of industrial capitalism. He has since … themselves in a comparative state of luxury.” By 1818, when these words were written, such supposed extravagance …

America's Long-Suffering Mental Health System

… scene plays out again and again in American public life in the 21 st century. In the wake of a mass shooting such as … are few to none. Whether Nikolas Cruz’s mental illness was a factor in the shooting is still being investigated, … psychiatric profession was still relatively small and the bureaucracy around mental health care was primarily …