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Every year, I try to write a post about books that I’ve read in the past year. This time, I found myself writing so much about some of the books, that the post was getting unmanageably large. So I’ve split it in two. This is part one; part two will follow.  Geoff Eley, Forging Democracy: The History of the Left in Europe, 1850–2000. This book should be required reading for anyone who wants to build on the traditions of radical politics, especially those in conversation with Marxism. If you read this blog, and you haven’t read this book, you should…

Children start losing their baby teeth around age six. This stage marks a big change for their jaw and face. Permanent teeth need more room because they are bigger than baby teeth. Many parents see crowded teeth and feel worried about the future. They often think they should wait for all adult teeth to grow in. Experts suggest a different path for better long term health.A child should see a specialist by age seven. The jaw is still growing and very soft at this age. Doctors can guide the bone growth to make room for new teeth. Starting early prevents…

Fire breaks out at the Shahran oil depot after U.S. and Israeli attacks, leaving numerous fuel tankers and vehicles in the area unusable in Tehran, Iran, on March 8, 2026.Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific markets moderated losses following a rout Monday, after Saudi Arabia reportedly offered crude on the market, easing oil prices. The kingdom had offered roughly 4.6 million barrels via a pipeline to Yanbu on the Red Sea, Bloomberg reported.Oil prices dipped after the news, with Brent futures trading at $107.3 per barrel and U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures at 102.18. Both benchmarks were nearly at…

In the wake of Trump’s surprise attack on Iran, I spoke with a young man who cast his ballot for the president in 2024. He was generally pleased with Trump’s second term agenda, and had been drawn to the president over social issues and his promise to cut wasteful spending. But he, like his fellow members of his university’s Turning Point USA chapter, was struggling to make sense of the current moment. Trump campaigned as an outsider who’d rattle the system, a dealmaker who would keep America out of futile wars. Like many of the young men who bought this…

Update 8: Warner Bros. Discovery has signed a deal with Paramount valued at around $110 billion. It now has to face regulation and anti-trust investigations, chiefly in the EU as well as in the State of California, where State Attorney General Rob Bonta will be investigating the deal. The deal was signed with an agreed-upon share price of $31/share, far outpacing Netflix’s bid of $27.75 per share. As of the time of this writing, ParamountSkydance has a market cap of around $12 billion, and assumes WBD’s $33 billion in debt, alongside paying Netflix $2.8 billion in the breakup fee. Let’s…

YMCA member Austin Manengu works the keyboard as he plays a game of Fortnite during the unveiling of the new gaming lab at the Maplewood Family YMCA in Rochester Thursday, June 20, 2024. YMCA of Greater Rochester in partnership with Metro Sports & Entertainment Group will open two gaming labs for youth and teens this year. Team Liquid, Team Spirit, HEROIC and PARIVISION remained unblemished with victories on Sunday in group stage play of PGL Wallachia Season 7 in Bucharest, Romania. Xtreme Gaming, BetBoom Team, Tundra Esports and Team Yandex registered their first wins on the second day of competition.…

A woman was arrested on Sunday for firing multiple shots at the Beverly Hills home of pop music star Rihanna, Los Angeles Police Department officials say. Officers were sent to the area at around 1:15 p.m. after learning of shots being fired, according to the LAPD. Upon arrival, they located a suspect and took them into custody without further incident. Police say that the suspect, a woman in her 30s, parked her car outside of the home and fired seven gunshots before speeding away. Her vehicle, a white Tesla, was located approximately eight miles away from the singer’s home, at the Sherman…

This ARCUS update just arrived. ARCUS had a great run and definitely helped push forward my research program. (See, e.g., my previous post.) Maybe ARCUS’ demise was a planned sunsetting, or maybe not. The update is silent on the that. In the current environment, one has to wonder what went on behind the scenes. In any event: RIP ARCUS.Dear ARCUS Community,It is with a mix of gratitude and sadness for our community that we share an important update about ARCUS’s future. After more than three decades of connecting, supporting, and facilitating collaboration within the U.S. Arctic research community, ARCUS will…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City International Airport terminal reopened Sunday afternoon, hours after it was evacuated while authorities looked into a potential threat, the Kansas City Aviation Department said.Airport spokesperson Jackson Overstreet said in an email shortly after 2 p.m. that the terminal was reopened. The evacuation began after a threat that surfaced around 11:15 a.m. Flights that landed after the evacuation were held on the taxiway during the shutdown, which Overstreet said lasted about two hours.In a social media post Sunday afternoon, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the incident was clear and “normal operations are resuming.”FBI…

Mojtaba Khamenei has been named as Iran’s new supreme leader just over a week after his father, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes.A statement from the Assembly of Experts — the panel of Shia clerics responsible under Iranian law for choosing the country’s top leader — said Mojtaba Khamenei had been selected as the third leader of the Islamic Republic, according to reports from IRIB state TV and the Fars, Tasnim and ISNA news agencies.President Donald Trump told Axios last week that the choice would be “unacceptable” and suggested he wanted to handpick a new supreme…