The Penal Leviathan: What Wacquant And Rothbard Reveal About Modern Punishment

Inside The Moscow Meeting That Laid Bare Iran's Weak Hand Authored by Simon Watkins via oilprice.com, The Moscow meeting reinforced a long-standing imbalance, with Iran seeking deeper support while Russia offered only vague diplomatic backing. The 20-year Iran–Russia deal structurally favors Moscow, especially in energy and trade terms, leaving Tehran with limited economic and strategic upside. Russia’s growing military and economic strain reduces its ability to support Iran, exposing the fragility of the partnership. Iran has a long history of being screwed over by Russia, and last week’s meeting in Moscow between Iranian Foreign...

Some College Students Are Testing At The Level Of 10-Year-Olds Via Futurism, Are you smarter than a 4th grader? Gone are the days of university freshmen reading classical philosophers like Plato or contemporary pedagogues like Ta-Nehisi Coates. These days, incoming college students are lucky if they can get through Judy Blume’s “Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing.” According to a new “Survey of Adult Skills” conducted by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development - a forum for 38 high-income, predominantly Western countries - a not insignificant number of adult students enrolled in higher education...

China Blacklists EU Defense, Aerospace Firms Over Taiwan Dealings China has newly placed a slew of EU defense and aerospace firms on a control list, or effectively a new blacklist, reportedly with an eye on Taiwan tensions. It has barred its exporters from supplying dual-use items to seven EU firms, including FN Herstal and Omnipol a.s., according to a statement from the Chinese commerce ministry. The ministry said the measure targets European defense companies that previously sold arms to Taiwan or maintained links with it, and stated the restrictions will not affect...