Mike Steger argues Trump's Iran strategy is really about reorganizing global relations to end neocon permanent-war dynamics, framing U.S.–Russia collaboration as the decisive pivot for ending perpetual war.
While media attention fixates on Iran, a broader strategic shift is unfolding as great powers act in their own sovereign interests, with Trump identifying Zelenskyy as the obstacle to peace and Russia naming Britain as the saboteur.
They rewrote your history. A suppressed 400-page manuscript — hidden for 230 years — reveals the true philosophical war behind the American Revolution. Charles Park traces the direct line from Leibniz through Logan and Franklin to the founding of the republic.
We're covering the momentous catch of the Superheavy booster, electric air taxis, extending human lifespans, and building beautiful buildings and cities.
On October 13th, SpaceX successfully plucked the Superheavy booster rocket out of the air with the "Mechazilla arms" attached to the same launch tower from which it had launched (with more than twice the thrust of the Saturn V) about six minutes earlier. This is a key step to setting up permanent human operations on the Moon and Mars.
The current plan is to make this system so reliable, that each Superheavy could be launched several times a day (like an airliner). Until we develop fission or fusion rocket powered space tugs to cycle between the Earth and the Moon, or the Earth and Mars, each Starship launched past Earth orbit will require 6 to 8 refueling flights by other Starships.
We should also note that SpaceX had been waiting since August to get permission from the Federal Aviation Administration to make this flight. The FAA had attempted to delay the launch until late November! Pressure from NASA, Congress, and the general public seems to have had an effect. See the 1 min. video below. MAGA!
"We need to have these things flying safely in the next 36 months!" In this video the CEOs of Joby, Archer, and Wisk—three American electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) air taxi companies—discuss the stultifying processes of FAA certification. Even though they are American companies, building American aircraft, the first commercial use of their systems will be in 2025 in the UAE, because of the determination of Muḥammad bin Zāyid Āl Nahyān (MZB) to foster innovation in his country. They also mention the video that President Trump made about fostering this technology. There is much more here that is worth your time. Despite the FAA, this technology is coming quickly and will have giant effects on the U.S. economy.
There's no resource crisis — only a technology crisis. The critical minerals challenge proves what counts as a "resource" is defined by our technology, not nature.
The U.S. is exposed on critical minerals — not just in the ground, but in how we process them. Ben Deniston on the higher-energy technologies that could close that gap for good.
The universe isn't a machine. Bruce Director makes the case that consciousness, creativity, and Plato are coming back to science — and why that matters for everything.
Trump lost the Supreme Court tariff ruling—and immediately hit back with new tariffs. But the real story is bigger: America's productive economy has been hollowed out, and tariffs are the way back.
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