China Blacklists EU Defense, Aerospace Firms Over Taiwan Dealings

Like so many intellectuals, Hilary Putnam is a good philosopher but a poor judge of good economics. In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon dissects Putnam’s confusion between facts and values.

The Quiet Revolution Reshaping America's Energy Future Authored by Haley Zaremba via OilPrice.com, The geothermal revolution includes both shallow geoexchange systems, such as The Riverie high-rise which uses boreholes for heating and cooling, and deeper, more technologically advanced "enhanced geothermal" techniques. Enhanced geothermal aims to make this alternative energy source viable anywhere by borrowing advanced drilling technologies from fields like hydraulic fracturing and nuclear fusion to access the Earth's core heat. The sector is gaining momentum with significant investment from major tech figures like Bill Gates and Google, and is projected by the...

Chinese National Indicted In Florida For Allegedly Importing Deadly New Synthetic Opioid Authored by Chris Summers via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A Chinese national has been indicted by the federal authorities in Florida for his alleged role in a plot to import and distribute large quantities of a new synthetic opioid, protonitazene, which is “significantly more potent than fentanyl,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida said in a May 11 statement. An undated image of nitazene tablets in the hand of a police officer in Australia. (Australian...