Ukrainian veteran amputee at rehabilitation facility in Kyiv, (c) 2025 Planet Earth Foundation, all rights reserved.
One… Continue reading
Issue of the Week: War
“How A.I. and Social Media Contribute to ‘Brain Rot’”, The New York Times
A.I. search tools, chatbots and social media are associated with lower cognitive performance, studies say. What to do?
Credit…Derek Abella… Continue reading
“Trump Administration Must Pay SNAP Benefits During Shutdown, Court Rules”, The New York Times
By Tony Romm
Reporting from Washington
Front page, Nov. 1, 2025
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on… Continue reading
Issue of the Week: War
Soviet thermonuclear ICBM, Pobuzke, Ukraine, museum of strategic missile forces, (c) 2025 Planet Earth Foundation, all… Continue reading
“Donald Trump’s Achilles Heel:The Epstein Curse Continues to Loom Large”, Der Spiegel
Reality is sometimes even more shocking than conspiracy theories – as demonstrated by the Jeffrey Epstein case. U.S. President Donald… Continue reading
“Could the internet go offline? Inside the fragile system holding the modern world together”, The Guardian
Behind every meme and message is creaking, decades-old infrastructure. Internet experts can think of scenarios that could bring it all… Continue reading
Issue of the Week: Human Rights, Personal Growth
A Teen in Love With a Chatbot Killed Himself, The New York Times Magazine, October 24,… Continue reading
“The American Scheme of Things”, Harper’s Magazine
by Henry Freedland, November 2025 Edition
From “Motet for the Record,” a collage essay composed of 121 sentences selected… Continue reading
Issue of the Week: Hunger
“On World Food Day, Pope Leo condemns use of hunger as weapon of war”, PBS, Associated Press
Giada Zampano, Associated Press
World Oct 16, 2025
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Thursday denounced the use… Continue reading