As the White House dismantles the NCAR and sacrifices the crucial MJO weather tool, Selwyn Parker traces a dangerous historical pattern: when science is treated as a "con job," progress goes up in flames.
America’s new tariffs and port penalties are triggering the same retaliation and economic damage caused by the disastrous Smoot–Hawley Act of the 1930s. Selwyn Parker looks at how protectionism disrupted global trade before — and why the consequences may be just as severe today.