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Cost of Living Concerns with 8-10% annual increase in electricity prices to 2030, pushing back renewable energy targets, neglecting essential investments in infrastructure, for a massive misallocation of capital, are major issues for Data Center Buildup of $2-$3 trillion by Tech companies.
11/16/2025
Tech companies are on a binge. But is it good for Society and the Nation? There are many warning signs.
Grouped Articles
What we know about energy use at U.S. data centers amid the AI boom
Pew Research Center 11/16/2025
Huge mismatch between profits of $20 billion and investment of $400 billion for AI in 2025 and $1.5 trillion in spending to 2028 that is crowding out investments in repairing America's crumbling infrastructure, manufacturing, renewable energy, housing, health, education
11/16/2025
Grouped Articles
The shutdown is over, but the nation’s aviation problems are not.
The Washington Post 11/16/2025
This Is How the AI Bubble Bursts
Yale Insights 11/15/2025
Simple maths says the AI investment boom ends badly
Firstlinks 11/15/2025
What Are the Implications if the AI Boom Turns to Bust? | TechPolicy.Press
Tech Policy Press 11/15/2025
Opinion | You May Already Be Bailing Out the AI Business
The Wall Street Journal 11/12/2025
Who Will Pay for the AI Revolution? Retirees
The Wall Street Journal 11/14/2025
Kamala Harris Agenda to Lower Costs for American Families
08/17/2024
A series of Actions from Kamala Harris to Cut Costs for American Families in Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals prices, Grocery prices, Housing and Rental prices. This is critical for families struggling from paycheck to paycheck.
Grouped Articles
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget 08/17/2024
The White House 08/17/2024
Harris and Trump Offer a Clear Contrast on the Economy
NYTimes.com 08/17/2024
The White House 08/17/2024
The White House 08/17/2024
Remarks by Vice President Harris at a Campaign Event in Raleigh, NC | The White House
The White House 08/17/2024
The Biden presidency and campaign January 2024 -about one year before America sets its path to 2030
02/06/2024
Grouped Articles
No One Is Happy About the Border. We Asked Mayorkas What Went Wrong.
NYTimes.com 02/06/2024
Biden wins South Carolina Democratic primary for presidential nomination
The Guardian 02/04/2024
WSJ Opinion: The Republicans’ Border Crisis
WSJ 02/05/2024
Kamala Harris Bolsters Biden for 2024 and Lays Groundwork for 2028
NYTimes.com 02/03/2024
What the Data Says About Republicans Who Won’t Vote for Trump
WSJ 02/02/2024
Jobs Growth of 353,000 Blasts Past Expectations as Labor Market Stays Hot
WSJ 02/02/2024
Profiles of courage in the third year of the pandemic- women in the frontlines fighting coronavirus variants
01/22/2022
Grouped Articles
As Vaccines Trickle into Africa, Zambia’s Challenges Highlight Other Obstacles
NYTimes.com 12/11/2021
The Variant Hunters: Inside South Africa’s Effort to Stanch Dangerous Mutations
NYTimes.com 12/04/2021
Children and mental health during the coronavirus pandemic- search for solutions
10/09/2021
Grouped Articles
One in six children aged 5-16 in England 'likely to have a mental disorder'
The Guardian 10/22/2020
Revealed: anti-vaccine TikTok videos being viewed by children as young as nine
The Guardian 10/08/2021
How Other Nations Pay for Child Care. The U.S. Is an Outlier.
NYTimes.com 10/26/2021
Foundational learning took a hit amid Covid, only 19% schools have access to internet: UNESCO report
The Indian Express 10/05/2021
Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls, Company Documents Show
WSJ 09/14/2021
Web giants ‘fuel child mental health crisis’
06/14/2018
Serious rethink of existing global supply chains
10/05/2021
Redesign of global supply chains is underway.
Grouped Articles
Supply chain crisis causes rethink at multinationals
10/03/2021
‘A perfect storm’: supply chain crisis could blow world economy off course
The Guardian 10/02/2021
East Asia’s Economies Face Slowing Growth and Rising Inequality, World Bank Warns
WSJ 09/28/2021
The World Relies on One Chip Maker in Taiwan, Leaving Everyone Vulnerable
WSJ 06/19/2021
For Clean Energy, Buy American or Buy It Quick and Cheap?
NYTimes.com 05/11/2021
Kick the sugar habit
07/17/2021
Healthy living means no more than 6% of daily calories of 2000 calories a day should come from sugar intake. During the coronavirus pandemic poor health habits mean pouring gasoline on fire. It is morally indefensible and a sign of a backward country that the the health guideline is set at 10% in the US. The mean consumption of sugar today in the US is 13%. In teaspoons about 6-8 teaspoons of added sugar is the healthy limit, at 16 calories per teaspoon this is 96 calories to 120 calories from added sugar. In grams this is 24 grams at 4 grams per teaspoon of sugar. It is critical to make it a habit to look at packaged foods labels and make intelligent choices. And to simply cut the sugar we add in tea, coffee or drinks by a third or a fourth. Good habits = good health. It is also critical to start this with public education in schools from K1 to high school.
Grouped Articles
Boris Johnson must help us kick our sugar habit
The Times 07/17/2021
Beware sugar highs: seven healthy ways to get more energy – from stretching to sourdough
The Guardian 04/05/2021
New Limits Urged on Americans’ Sugar Consumption Amid Rising Obesity Concerns
WSJ 10/05/2020
Make 2020 the Year of Less Sugar
NYTimes.com 01/06/2019
Covid Travel Pass
05/21/2021
Grouped Articles
EU reaches deal on approving COVID 'travel pass' | DW | 20.05.2021
DW.COM 05/20/2021
Covid-19: EU to reopen borders to travellers who are fully vaccinated
France 24 05/20/2021
Covid passports: a freedom certificate that may get the world travelling again
The Times 01/17/2021
Covid-19 Vaccination Cards Are the Only Proof of Shots, Soon an Essential
WSJ 03/30/2021
Global corporate minimum tax rate to pay for new infrastructure
04/07/2021
Grouped Articles
Biden Softens Tax Plan Aimed at Profitable Companies That Pay Little
WSJ 04/07/2021
G-20 to Seek Agreement on Global Minimum Tax Rate by Mid-2021
WSJ 04/07/2021
Treasury’s Yellen Calls for Global Minimum Corporate Tax Rate
WSJ 04/05/2021
Yellen Pushes for Global Minimum Tax Rate on Companies: Live Updates
NYTimes.com 04/05/2021
Biden Infrastructure Plan Aims to Boost Economy’s Productivity Over Time
WSJ 04/01/2021
Joe Biden mimics Franklin Roosevelt with $2trn Covid recovery plan
The Times 04/01/2021
Biden $1.9 trillion aid and US economic rebound by 2022
03/11/2021
The Biden aid package for $1.9 trillion, with over 50% going to ordinary Americans hit hardest by the coronavirus, leads to new optimism about an American economic rebound. The package cleared the US Congress on March 10, 2021. By the end of 2022 the OECD forecast is for a US economy that is larger than forecast before the pandemic.
Grouped Articles
New Stimulus Package Brings Big Benefits to the Middle Class
NYTimes.com 03/11/2021
With Relief Plan, Biden Takes on a New Role: Crusader for the Poor
NYTimes.com 03/11/2021
Triumphant Joe Biden secures $1.9trn bailout rescue deal
The Times 03/11/2021
Unexpected U.S. Growth Surge Could Unbalance Fragile Global Economy
WSJ 03/09/2021
China’s Rise Drives a U.S. Experiment in Industrial Policy
WSJ 03/10/2021
America’s Battery-Powered Car Hopes Ride on Lithium. One Producer Paves the Way.
WSJ 03/09/2021
Anti vaccine sentiment around the world
01/21/2021
Grouped Articles
Coronavirus: Anti-vaxxers pose major public health threat in Pakistan | DW | 19.01.2021
DW.COM 01/19/2021
France, Once a Vaccine Pioneer, Is Top Skeptic in Covid-19 Pandemic
WSJ 01/18/2021
Army spies to take on antivax militants
11/29/2020
Anthony Fauci: 'Anti-science, anti-vaccination feeling' could thwart Covid effort – video
The Guardian 06/30/2020
GCHQ in cyberwar on anti-vaccine propaganda
The Times 11/09/2020
How to cultivate new habits during coronavirus- take the tiny steps
12/01/2020
Grouped Articles
On the Journey to New Habits, Take Tiny Steps
WSJ 01/02/2020
How massive overspending on AI data centers to the tune of $1.5 trillion to 2028 is bad for retirees with their savings going into Tech issued corporate bonds with higher risk,not just bad for crowding out investment in vital needs of crumbling infrastructure of the Nation, Manufacturing, Housing, Cost of Living concerns, Renewable Energy.
11/16/2025
Uncertainty over returns, with revenue stream hazy and massive overspending is seen as a danger signal by a wide range of public opinion and experts shown here in Lyrarc.com in November 2025. All other priorities of the Nation are getting crowded out as 5 Tech companies engage in reckless competition at the expense of everybody else.
Grouped Articles
The shutdown is over, but the nation’s aviation problems are not.
The Washington Post 11/16/25
This Is How the AI Bubble Bursts
Yale Insights 11/15/25
What Are the Implications if the AI Boom Turns to Bust? | TechPolicy.Press
Tech Policy Press 11/15/25
Opinion | You May Already Be Bailing Out the AI Business
The Wall Street Journal 11/12/25
Who Will Pay for the AI Revolution? Retirees
The Wall Street Journal 11/14/25
When AI Hype Meets AI Reality: A Reckoning in 6 Charts
The Wall Street Journal 11/14/25
How India could get the Trade Deal with the US by buying oil from US and Saudis/UAE and allowing imports of non grain and non dairy agricultural products
08/28/2025
US sanctioned India with 50% tariff for buying Russian oil saying it finances RUssia's war against Ukraine and daily deadly missile strikes. ein dollar terms are now insignificant at $2-the 3 billion. In fact India is already shifting to getting more of its imports from the Middle East. India could also import additional oil from the US and make changes to import non grain and non dairy agricultural products from the US in large volumes such as almonds, walnuts, pistachios, blueberries, cherries that it's upper middle class population of 250 million could benefit from the nutritional benefits. US in its fight against the pharmaceutical companies high pricing could change laws to bring in Indian pharmaceutical products at 10-15% price above Indian prices set by the government to meet needs of its large population. In pharma product pricing India leads the whole world and this benefit would lower the cost of living in the US tremendously. Both sides would benefit in a WIn-WIn relationship in trade- THIS IS ACHIEVABLE FOR THE INTERESTS OF AMERICANS AND INDIANS. IT ONLY REQUIRES VISION OF BOTH SIDES.
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India's benefit from Russian oil imports exaggerated; actual gain at just $2.5 bn
The Economic Times 08/28/25
Opinion | America’s Fearsome Farm Lobby Has Nothing on India’s
The Wall Street Journal 08/27/25
Biden and labor unions, women, the middle class in Jan 2024- one year before America chooses its path to 2030
02/06/2024
Grouped Articles
Biden Joins Autoworkers on Picket Line in Michigan
NYTimes.com 09/27/23
Trump’s pitch for autoworker votes in car heartland is short on autoworkers
The Guardian 09/28/23
How Abortion Lifted Democrats, and More Takeaways From Tuesday’s Elections
NYTimes.com 11/08/23
Trump’s biggest Iowa gains are in evangelical areas, smallest wins in cities
Washington Post 01/16/24
The U.S. Economy Depends More Than Ever on Rich People
WSJ 02/24/25
What kind of leadership can deliver for Britain,-for health, education and infrastructure, for women, climate change, families and children?
01/22/2022
The Guardian looks at Tory leaders Rishi Sunak- the smooth veneer, the tech-bro polished image after the Stanford days, and Jacob Rees-Mogg - the bewildering mix of social classes in the neighborhood of St Pancras where he grew up, to see if this is what will deliver for Britain's future after the pandemic.
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Rishi Sunak: the polished ‘tech bro’ with low-tax dreams
The Guardian 01/21/22
Rees-Mogg’s roots tell a true Conservative tale – just not the one he wants us to hear | Ian Jack
The Guardian 01/22/22
Olaf Scholz and the task of Renewal of Germany+European Union
12/09/2021
Grouped Articles
Chancellor Olaf Scholz? Change Without Disruption
Institut Montaigne 12/08/21
Who is Olaf Scholz, the new German chancellor?
The Times 12/08/21
Germany's Olaf Scholz pushes for stronger EU, issues warning to Russia | DW | 07.12.2021
DW.COM 12/07/21
Germany’s Scholz Takes Power After Merkel’s 16-Year Rule
WSJ 12/08/21
Nature walks, nature settings, as an essential way to boost mental health and wellbeing during the pandemic
10/09/2021
It is proven that just two hours a week of walks in nature setting in parks, natural settings, green areas, or forested areas, can be hugely beneficial for health and wellbeing during the pandemic. Long and recurrent lockdowns or partial lockdowns, closure of schools, loss of work and income, have had devastating effects on mental health in many countries. Much needs to be done to promote nature walks and bringing nature as a healing mechanism to take some of the burden off the overburdened health services of many countries. Awareness of this in the UK and funds + projects to do this can be a model for other countries.
Grouped Articles
Two-hour ‘dose’ of nature significantly boosts health – study
The Guardian 06/13/19
Oyster Shoreline at ‘Greater New York’ Has a Pearl of a Message
NYTimes.com 10/04/21
‘It took a year to get help’: generation Z on mental health decline
The Guardian 09/30/21
Natural health service: wildlife volunteers get mental health boost
The Guardian 10/02/17
Nature on prescription: wetlands project aims to boost mental health
The Guardian 05/13/21
‘These salt marshes saved my life’: how nature is helping mental health
The Guardian 10/09/21
Wall Street Journal Facebook Investigation and the Outrage Algorithm, Instagram's toxic nature for teen girls
09/21/2021
An algorithm that exaggerates the outrage online creating an angrier place on the internet is one of the findings of the WSJ Facebook Investigation. It shows broken policies, broken tech and broken management. The effects on women are equally insidious and dangerous for mental health.
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The Facebook Files, Part 4: The Outrage Algorithm - The Journal. - WSJ Podcasts
WSJ 09/20/21
WSJ 09/15/21
Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls, Company Documents Show
WSJ 09/14/21
Why Free Is Too High a Price for Facebook and Google
WSJ 06/08/19
WSJ 09/16/21
Biden’s Facebook Attack Followed Months of Frustration Inside White House
WSJ 07/18/21
How lifting of a ban on research manipulation of a virus in 2018 by NIH (US) and HHS is related to the transmissibility of coronavirus and the pandemic
06/04/2021
Research on increasing the pathogenic power of the virus by engineering part of its genome is seen as a possible cause of the pandemic in these articles in WSJ and other media sources, based on new memos released under the Freedom if Information Act. These memos by virologists to Dr.Fauci at NIH in the US gave their analysis after their first look at the virus genome for coronavirus. The lifting of the ban on such research by US Health ministry and the NIH agency in 2018 led to labs in overseas locations being funded with US funds to conduct such research.
Grouped Articles
Opinion | Anthony Fauci and the Wuhan Lab
WSJ 06/03/21
Ban on gain-of-function studies ends
The Lancet Infectious Diseases 06/04/21
U.S. Is Said to Have Unexamined Intelligence to Pore Over on Virus Origins
NYTimes.com 05/28/21
Did Covid come from a Wuhan lab? What we know so far
The Guardian 05/27/21
Call for a Full and Unrestricted International Forensic Investigation
Group of 26 Scientists from Australia, France, Britain and the US 03/04/21
WSJ 03/30/21
Mental health crisis during the pandemic- UK, France and Japan
05/05/2021
Grouped Articles
Covid-19: French mental health ‘deteriorating’ amid lockdown, minister says
France 24 11/23/20
Japan: 'Minister of loneliness' tackles mental health crisis | DW | 23.04.2021
DW.COM 04/25/21
The mental health effects of Covid will last for a decade
The Times 01/14/21
Right to disconnect is vital for future health of home workers
04/23/21
Second wave is bringing a mental health crisis
The Times 10/21/20
Biden's multi-trillion infrastructure spending plans for renewal of America
03/30/2021
US president Biden is pushing ahead with infrastructure spending on a big scale. He no longer seeks support from Republicans as he does not want to see the plans shrink. He is able to do this because the American people now have new perceptions about the role of government. They see it as indispensable in trade, global supply chains, protecting American technology, and in keeping America ahead with the latest infrastructure, skills development with education, healthcare that keeps Americans healthy.
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Live Updates: Learning From the Past, Biden Aims for Big Spending Early in His Term
NYTimes.com 03/30/21
Biden to Outline Proposal for Infrastructure Spending, Tax Increases
WSJ 03/30/21
Behind Biden’s Big Plans: Belief That Government Can Drive Growth
WSJ 03/30/21
One-term leader Joe Biden in a hurry
The Times 04/01/21
Joe Biden mimics Franklin Roosevelt with $2trn Covid recovery plan
The Times 04/01/21
Europe competing for scarce vaccine supplies in February 2021
02/01/2021
Grouped Articles
Covid vaccine roll-out grinds to halt as shortages hit EU
The Times 01/30/21
Michel Barnier tells EU to step back from Covid vaccine war
The Times 01/30/21
E.U. and U.K. Fighting Over Scarce Vaccines
NYTimes.com 01/27/21
Renewal America- America's National Parks
12/04/2020
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This Land is Your Land – about this series
The Guardian 12/04/20
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