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The U.S. and Iran are restarting nuclear talks.

Experts say there’s a chance to avoid war—with a stronger, permanent deal that closes off paths to a bomb. https://bit.ly/3RNjdFx

A new Iran nuclear deal—without sunset A Princeton University expert suggests verification methods for a new Iran nuclear deal that would let Iran could have the low-enriched uranium and enrichment capacity needed for a peaceful nuclear program. The United States would get the means to assure that Iran could never even begin to produce t...

No one can hide from the truth, says meteorologist John Morales.

"Extreme weather events, including hurricanes, are becoming more extreme. I must communicate the growing threats from the climate crisis come hell or high water—pun intended."

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People drawn to power are fundamentally corrupt, according to Frank Herbert the author of Dune.

Which is why Paul Atreides' character was modeled after US President John F. Kennedy, a man who Herbert described as “one of the most dangerous presidents this country has ever had.”

Herbert found Kennedy’s charisma particularly troublesome because his followers adopted a fanaticism around him rather than his ideas.

Much of Herbert’s distrust of government seemingly stemmed from the time before he wrote Dune when he served as an aide to Republican Sen. Guy Cordon of Oregon. That time working in Congress was a formative experience and it’s possible to read Dune as documenting Herbert’s disenchantment with US foreign policy.

While the film does not include all of the different elements in the books, it is focused on the power and corruptibility of leaders, the dangers of religious extremism, and how the thirst for natural resources is used to justify extreme acts of war and environmental degradation—all of which are very familiar to the current residents of Old Terra (Earth).

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