Archive | June 26, 2026

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37 Years Ago: My WSJ Bash on Environmental Hysteria and Lester Brown

Lester, the Sky Hasn’t Fallen By James Bovard Lester Brown and his think tank, the Worldwatch Institute, are a cross between Chicken Little and King Midas. Despite the wrong-headed and dire nature of Mr. Brown’s State of the World messages and other economic and environmental prophecies, many influential people take his word as gold. Indeed, […]

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The Origin of Trump’s Drug War Killing Spree

Counterpunch, June 26, 2026 The Origin of Trump’s Drug War Killing Spree George W. Bush in the Oval Office with is Attorney General John Ashcroft, who said of the war on drugs: “I want to renew it. I want to refresh it, relaunch it if you will.” White House photo by Eric Draper. President Trump […]

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