The Unz Review

2 days ago | unz.com | Jeffrey Sachs

Jeffrey D. Sachs Archive Close the US Military Bases in Asia◄►◄►▲▼ • B President Donald Trump is again loudly complaining that the US military bases in Asia are too costly for the US to bear. As part of the new round of tariff negotiations with Japan and Korea, Trump is calling on Japan and Korea to pay for stationing the US troops. Here’s a much better idea: close the bases and return the US servicemen to the US.

3 days ago | unz.com | Ron Unz

BlogviewRon Unz Archive Trump vs. Harvard in an Political Wresting Match • 55m ◄►◄►▲▼ • B Audio PlayerEPub FormatBack when I was a young child my grandfather enjoyed watching professional wrestling on his old black-and-white television, so I occasionally did the same. In those distant days, television wrestling possessed almost no money nor prestige and was barely even considered a real sport, probably tied with roller derby as occupying the bottommost-tier of audience viewership.

1 week ago | unz.com | Paul Roberts

BlogviewPaul Craig Roberts Archive UK Supreme Court Rules That the Legal Definition of a Woman Is Biological◄►◄►▲▼ • B The UK Supreme Court has ruled that in British Law the terms “woman” and “sex” are biological terms and do not include men who identify as “transgender.” The Court ruled that people with “transgender recognition certificates,” whatever that is, are excludable from biological single-sex spaces. There are interesting aspects of this case that deserve comment.

1 week ago | unz.com | Paul Roberts

Are the peace negotiations leading anywhere we want to go, or are they leading nowhere, or to more conflict? If I had to bet, I would pick one of the last two choices. Most likely more conflict. It is a tendency of peace negotiations to go nowhere except to a ceasefire that is immediately broken. As for the Ukraine negotiations, the Russians are the only party to the limited cease fire in Ukraine that have kept the agreement.

1 week ago | unz.com | Paul Roberts

Just a tip of the iceberg April 15 on CNN:“Trump again makes John Roberts and the court look week” — message to US Supreme Court: always rule against Trump or you will look weak and Americans will lose confidence in you.