With warship moves, equipment sales and diplomatic rhetoric, the United States has rarely been more emphatic that it stands with its allies in Ukraine and Taiwan. For all those declarations, however what that truly means remains unclear. Both Moscow and Beijing appear intent on testing the Biden administration, still less than three months old. Russia… Read more »
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We need a high wall with a big gate on the southern border
After reading as much as I can about the latest surge in illegal immigration along our southern border, I’m still not clear how much is seasonal, how much is triggered by President Joe Biden’s announcement that he was halting construction of Donald Trump’s border wall and reviewing Trump’s asylum policies, and how much is just… Read more »
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Both narratives are right, eh?
David Bergman’s latest pearl of wisdom in Netra News, where he argues that both narratives about Bangladesh — the positive and the negative — are right, has provoked me to respond with a column of my own. That’s a possible effort to position himself on both the North and South Poles to look the ‘unbiased… Read more »
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The force that can help Amazon’s workers? Amazon’s shoppers
Here are some of the ways that people who have worked inside Amazon’s warehouses describe the experience: “The job crushed my spirit and crippled my body.” “The lowest point in my life.” An “isolating colony of hell.” “They’re killing people mentally and physically.” “I began to hate my day-to-day life.” “The way Amazon pushes people… Read more »
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Global CO2 emissions far off net-zero trajectory
The global energy system has become greener over the last decade, but most countries are nowhere near on track to achieve net zero emissions by the middle of this century. Net zero has become symbolically and diplomatically important for policymakers, but the goal will remain far out of reach without much faster change. In recent… Read more »
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Biden should finish the wall
The most harrowing story I’ve read in The New York Times in recent days was Miriam Jordan’s account of a car crash last month in Southern California involving a Ford Expedition that had come from Mexico, straight through a breach in the border wall. The Ford was crammed with 25 people when it hit a… Read more »