This Men’s Health Month, advances in anesthesia are quietly protecting the men hit hardest by opioids
June is Men’s Health Month, and this year it brings rare good news about one of the deadliest threats men face. In May, the CDC reported that opioid deaths declined for a third consecutive year in…
Armenia's vote is a victory for liberty—and a setback for Putin
The results of Armenia’s parliamentary election deserve far more attention in Washington, Brussels, and democratic capitals around the world than they are likely to receive. In a vote widely viewed as a referendum on Armenia’s…
World Cup windfall is about more than money. It’s about goodwill.
The FIFA World Cup is now in full swing, and it’s living up to its promise. The US Men’s National Team (USMNT) is enjoying success during the Group Stage. This has fueled soccer (better known as football around the…
When the state fails to protect: honour killing and the governance crisis in Pakistan
In April 2026, a young mother from Sukkur Sindh, Gulaan Bharo, came to the police asking protection for herself after her life had been threatened. She went to the police, was taken to a Dar…
Juneteenth, ancestral healing, and the health of Black families
On June 19, 1865, enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas learned they were free. Freedom came two and a half years after the war had ended,delivered at someone else’s convenience. More than 160 years later,…
Stop asking whether students used AI
At several recent college commencements, graduates booed speakers who praised artificial intelligence. One student put the contradiction plainly to the Associated Press: students are discouraged and even penalized for using AI, then asked to applaud…
The AI race runs on Gulf Oil: What the Iran war reveals about tech geopolitics
On March 1st 2026 Iranian drones struck Amazon AWS data centers in UAE and Bahrain. Banking applications went dark, payments failed across the world and Amazon shifted its ongoing workload to other regions of the…
We shouldn't call aging a disease — here's why
Time comes for all of us. No amount of wealth, status, or scientific ambition changes that. Yet a growing movement in medicine wants to classify aging itself as a disease — and eventually cure it….
What happens after the graduation applause?
This June, millions of graduating high school seniors across the country may worry about what they will wear or about not tripping as they walk across the stage, or, if they have a name like…