Tigers could roam again in Central Asia, scientists say | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Artist's depiction of a Caspian tiger. Credit: Heptner and Sludskiy 1972 Jan. 17, 2017 (PhysOrg) -- Caspian tigers, some of the largest cats that ever lived -- up to 10 feet long and weighing more th ...

Forecast 2017: The Wheels Finally Come Off | James Howard Kunstler

James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Jan. 1, 2017 “There is no other endeavor in which men and women of enormous intellectual power have shown total disregard for higher-order reasoning than mon ...

The End of the American Century | John Michael Greer

Nov. 30, 2016 (Archdruid Report) -- I have a bone to pick with the Washington Post. A few days back, as some of my readers may be aware, it published a list of some 200 blogs that it claimed were cir ...

Treasuries Rally as Biggest Global Bond Rout Since 2003 Pauses | Wes Goodman

Technical indicator shows notes were most oversold in 26 years Daiwa SB, Mirae say it’s not yet time to buy Treasuries Nov. 15, 2016 (Bloomberg) -- Treasuries rose as investors questioned how much ex ...

By Cooperating With Washington On Syria Russia Walked Into A Trap | Paul Craig Roberts

Vladimir PutinOct. 24, 2016 (PaulCraigRoberts.org) -- A month ago I wrote a column, “He Who Hesitates Is Lost -- And Russia Hesitated.” The consequences of this hesitation are now apparent: 1. A UN r ...

The Unique Human Capacity for War | Michael Brenner

Trench warfare during World War I. One characteristic that sets humans apart from other animals is the capability to organize sustained warfare against members of their own species, a troubling fact ...

The Odor of Desperation | James Howard Kunstler

James Howard KunstlerJames Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Oct. 17, 2016 It must be obvious even to nine-year-old casual observers of the scene that the U.S. national election is hacking itself. ...

Regime Change In The Philippines | Paul Craig Roberts

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte. By Barry Ohaylan. DavaoToday. (CC BY-ND 2.0)Oct. 12, 2016 (PaulCraigRoberts.org) -- When will the neoconservative chant begin: “Duterte must go”? Or will the CI ...

Washington Leads The World To War | Paul Craig Roberts

Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump - Caricatures. By DonkeyHotey, Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) Oct. 5, 2016 (PaulCraigRoberts.org) -- What must the world think watching the U.S. presidential campaign? Over ti ...

Japanese scientist wins Nobel medicine prize for work on 'self-eating' cell mechanism | Niklas Pollard & Kate Kelland

Yoshinori Ohsumi, a professor of Tokyo Institute of Technology is pictured in Tokyo, Japan, March 25, 2015 in this photo released by Kyodo. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS Oct. 3, 2016 -- STOCKHOL ...

Bring Back The Cold War | Paul Craig Roberts

U.S. President EisenhowerSept. 30, 2016 (PaulCraigRoberts.org) -- Pundits have declared a “New Cold War.” If only! The Cold War was a time when leaders focused on reducing tensions between nuclear po ...