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From Bioethics to Eugenics

One of the iconic moments from my Who Is Bill Gates? documentary is the clip of Gates at the 2010 Aspen Ideas Festival discussing a proposal to increase funding for public education by diverting money from end-of-life care for the elderly and terminally ill. Lamenting...

Russia’s New Constitution: What You Need to Know

Remember way back three lifetimes ago (a.k.a. the beginning of this year), when I wrote about Russia's possible regime change? If you don't remember (or just need a refresher), Russian President Vladimir Putin kicked off 2020 with some bold moves, using his annual...

UN Declares World Peace!

Kumbaya and pass the bubbly! World peace has been achieved! What, haven't you heard? The UN Security Council just passed a resolution that calls for a global ceasefire as a type of "humanitarian pause" while the world deals with the coronavirus pandemic that (we are...

NATO 2030: Global Domination or Bust

It's like something out of a comic book. Speaking from his billion-dollar fortress, the Overlord of the dreaded military alliance, S.N.A.K.E. (Supreme Nasty Alliance for Killing Everyone) delivered his starkest threat yet, declaring a "S.N.A.K.E. 2030" vision that...

The Great Withdrawal

An extraordinary thing happened this week: Taro Kono, Japan's Defense Minister, got up and announced that the Japanese government would be halting its plan to deploy a new multi-billion-dollar missile defense system. Tokyo had committed itself to buy the Aegis Ashore...

Battle For the Arctic Heats Up

An incredible event took place this week: A Russian tanker docked at the Port of Jiangsu on China's east-central coast, offloading its cargo of liquefied natural gas from the Yamal LNG plant in Russia's north. Now, I know what you're thinking: "James, that's not so...

Too Little, Too Late? India Stands Up to the CDC

Flying completely under the radar of the various crises that have come to define 2020, an interesting story is playing out in India. This story shines a light on the increasingly globalized nature of medical research and on the dark practice of using poor people in...