James Joyner
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
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- Oct 1, 2026
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Are Most Surgeries Just Placebo? New Insights Revealed (opens the original)
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The Economist (“Many surgical interventions are little better than placebo“): EACH YEAR, according to the World Health Organisation, over 300m operations are conducted worldwide. Patients in the rich world are more likely to go under the knife—about 60% of people in England are expected to undergo surgery at least once in their lifetime. Some of these procedures are clearly life-saving, such as organ transplants and emergency Caesareans. But as the number of other operations continues to grow, s
Israel’s Flight 93 Moment (opens the original)
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NYT (“Plane to Israel Narrowly Averts Disaster After Pilot Stabbing“): One pilot stabbed another at the controls of an Emirati flight to Tel Aviv on Wednesday, causing it to suddenly plunge thousands of feet until passengers and the crew won a fight to regain control of the plane. Passengers described a terrifying fall during the attack, which ended when some of them stepped into the melee and managed to subdue the aggressive pilot. Overhead bins swung open, parents clung to their children, and
Hegseth's Bold Vision: No More Woke Military Policies (opens the original)
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For the second straight year,* the Secretary of War took over our space to deliver a speech. Last year, he addressed every general and admiral in a command position, declaring “the Department of Defense is over” and “the liberation of America’s warriors.” Yesterday afternoon, he gathered select junior officers and enlisted members to proclaim, “We are no longer the woke department or the weak department. Simple translation of that: no fatties, no trannies, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no ra
More Than Three-Quarters of Senators Agree On Something! (opens the original)
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It is rare, indeed, in our polarized political atmosphere for the Senate to pass anything with significant bipartisan support. Yesterday, with the midterm elections fast approaching, a bill passed by a resounding 77 to 22 margin. What issue prompted such a cooperative display while the incentives for partisan grandstanding are at a peak? Ending the ill-fated war in Iran, perhaps? Addressing the $40 trillion national debt and its mounting burden? Fixing a Social Security system about to collapse
Trump Offered to Sell Weapons to Red China (opens the original)
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AP (“Trump asked China’s president if he wants to buy US arms, ambassador says“): President Donald Trump has justified the pending U.S. arms sale to Taiwan to Chinese President Xi Jinping by downplaying it as just one of many sales Washington makes around the world — even asking Xi if he’d be in the market for U.S. arms, Trump’s ambassador to China said on Sunday. David Perdue said Trump raised the prospect of the arms sales from the U.S. to its ascendant geopolitical rival, an unlikely offer th
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