A Pillar On Its Side

Not being a monuments person has determined the kind of writer I am. Two things are anathema to me: subjectivity, with its family members, psychology and self-expression; and historiography, whose household includes monuments, key events, and great personalities.

To power Utah’s data center boom, companies are turning to fossil fuels

The rush to meet AI's energy needs is going to rely on natural gas, raising worries about air pollution in the state's urban corridor.

Mexico Got Help Killing Drug Lord From Secretive U. S. Campaign Led by FBI and ICE

The U. S. military’s intelligence sharing came as part of a new “counter cartel” task force focused on the U. S. –Mexico borderlands.

These data center developers asked Trump for an exemption from pollution rules

Though the companies weren't granted exemptions, their requests illustrate the data center industry's desperate quest for energy.

How Orbán’s Fidesz Instrumentalises Hungary’s Roma as an Electoral Prop

A senior minister's vulgar remark about Roma "cleaning train toilets" was no gaffe — it was a campaign programme in miniature.

How a greening Arctic might be kick-starting a dangerous feedback loop

New research finds that Arctic peatlands are expanding as the far north undergoes rapid changes. It's an ominous sign.

Trump Won’t Stop Trying to Punish Kilmar Abrego Garcia

A federal judge must decide whether Abrego is the target of a “vindictive prosecution” by the Trump administration.

The Supreme Court hears a Line 5 oil pipeline case with high stakes for treaty rights

The Straits of Mackinac aren't just ecologically critical — they're the center of the Anishinaabe creation story.