Author: Jim
** A Counterintuitive Effect of Global Warming
For decades, scientists have debated the possibility that a vital ocean-current system could plunge Europe into an abrupt cooldown.
** The Real Reason South Koreans Aren’t Having Babies
Gender, rather than race or age or immigration status, has become the country’s sharpest social fault line.
The Human Face of American Decline
Alex Kotlowitz recommends books that manage to operate at a human scale while arriving at bigger truths.
**** NYTimes.com: A Titanic Geopolitical Struggle Is Underway
A Titanic Geopolitical Struggle Is Underway
This is no ordinary moment in world affairs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/25/opinion/israel-gaza-war-ukraine.html?smid=em-share
NYTimes.com: The Meaning of Gaza’s Tunnels
The Meaning of Gaza’s Tunnels
Hamas could have devoted its money and time to building a future for its people, not a fortress for itself.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/23/opinion/tunnels-gaza-hamas.html?smid=em-share
**** NYTimes: Never Trumpers Never Had a Chance
***** NYTimes: ‘The Strongest Democratic Party That Any of Us Have Ever Seen’
NYTimes.com: Visiting the Most Important Company in the World
******* Visiting the Most Important Company in the World
Replicating the chipmaking power of T.S.M.C. in the United States will be much harder than Americans realize.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/24/opinion/tsmc-taiwan-china.html?smid=em-share
**** NYTimes.com: The Deification of Donald Trump Poses Some Interesting Questions
The Deification of Donald Trump Poses Some Interesting Questions
Why do so many evangelicals see the former president as God’s anointed one?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/17/opinion/trump-god-evangelicals-anointed.html?smid=em-share