Category: Aggregated

Donald Trump’s bombastic rhetoric aimed at North Korea is evidence that neither he nor his administration grasp the historic paranoia of the North Korean government. The fear in Pyongyang that North Korea will become a ceded territory in a big power agreement has been a factor since the days of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung. This existential threat also formed the policies of Kim Il Sung’s successors – his son Kim Jong Il and his grandson, the present leader, Kim Jong Un. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who knows North Korea well, has called for a toning down of … Continue reading →

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The Libertarian Forum, edited by Murray N. Rothbard from 1969 to 1984, had a small — even tiny — circulation but it forged the intellectual edifice known as libertarianism. Month after month, the newsletter thrilled, enlightened, shocked, and awed its subscribers. Everything was on the table. The Mises Institute has compiled and published every issue of this obscure journal, in a two-volume book of 1200 pages in total.  It offers a glimpse into the world as Rothbard saw it – real time, during some of the most dramatic events in US history. Think about the Vietnam War and the protests (Kent State … Continue reading →

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On the right, the warmer colours indicate an increase in connectivity following vagus nerve stimulation among brain regions responsible for planned movements, spatial reasoning and attention. Illustration: Corazzol et al. A 35-year-old man who had been in a persistent vegetative state (PVS) for 15 years has shown signs of consciousness after receiving a pioneering therapy involving nerve stimulation. The treatment challenges a widely-accepted view that there is no prospect of a patient recovering consciousness if they have been in PVS for longer than 12 months. Since sustaining severe brain injuries in a car accident, the man had been completely unaware … Continue reading →

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The Catalan regional government has accused the Spanish authorities of behaving like Turkey, China and North Korea by blocking websites designed to help people vote in Sunday’s independence referendum. Over the past week the Spanish government has stepped up its efforts to stop the unilateral vote by deploying thousands of extra police officers to Catalonia and taking control of the region’s finances. It insists the referendum is illegal and a clear violation of the Spanish constitution. As well as arresting 14 Catalan government officials and seizing almost 10m ballot papers, police and the courts have been taking down websites connected to the referendum. On Monday police … Continue reading →

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These remarkable images cast light on the unknown history of the American hobo during the early twentieth century.   Included are a picture of men wearing suits to a hobo convention in 1912, a group washing dishes at a ‘hotel for hobos’ and a future lightweight boxing champion cooking over a campfire using a tin can on a stick in 1935.  They offer a rare glimpse into the unsung past of these hard-working men that lived by a strict moral code. Often depicted sleeping in a train car or carrying a bag on a stick over their shoulder as they wander … Continue reading →

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Russia and the US have continued cooperation on space projects despite political difficulties.

The power of an individual with a message will never be stopped.