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Fiery Glacier Wars
Seething debates and torched reputations laid the foundations for glaciology
 • Melissa Rossi
Why is the US Striking the Houthis in Yemen - and what does it mean?
Do strikes on Yemen portend a US-Israeli attack on Iran?
 • Melissa Rossi
The Houthis Invite the War to Yemen
Until recently, pretty much nobody was paying attention to these underdogs of Iran-backed militias, but as of March 2025, the US is bombing them.
 • Melissa Rossi
Is Fentanyl Fueling a Third Opiate War with China?
Why the fentanyl smuggled into the US is a twisted karma comeback -- and how China's painful opium history is now fueling revitalization
 • Melissa Rossi
The China-Taiwan Powder Keg: How DC Empowered a Thug, Setting the Stage for Today's Tug of War, PART ONE
Diplomatic doublespeak, a gangster’s ghost, a historical farce—how a fragile fiction could ignite an explosive East Asian showdown, with the world’s…
 • Melissa Rossi
The Panama Canal: What's the deal?
As loads of hooey circulate about Panama, making it headline news, here's an easy-to-skim primer about the major shakers and events in the country the…
 • Melissa Rossi
Cuba Comeback
How the US landed a base on the island that was once an American delight
 • Melissa Rossi
Panama, A Presidential Obsession
A defining issue for three previous presidents, the Panama Canal is again headline news. A volcano, a Frenchman, and blood-sucking warriors have…
 • Melissa Rossi
The Secrets of Greenland: Part One of "A Country, A Colony, and A Canal"
The US occupied the Danish territory during WWII, later massively contaminating its waters when four nuclear bombs dropped into a fjord.
 • Melissa Rossi
Seeking Wonder in a Jaded World
History is my favorite drug for rediscovering awe
 • Melissa Rossi
PARIS: The Missing Jacket
A magical, lost-forever time in Montmartre
 • Melissa Rossi
PORTOFINO: The Molemate
In northern Italy, I found a hidden paradise and something mystical I'd been seeking for decades.
 • Melissa Rossi
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