I Tried to Pay My Taxes in Cash – Here’s What Happened, and Why the IRS Should Make It Easier To Do So
A shaggy dog story on trying to get the IRS to accept cash….
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Links 4/12/2023
Vaccine Effectiveness and Scientific Communication During COVID-19
Scientists and public health officials didn’t do a great job of explaining Covid vaccine efficacy. Laziness? Arrognace? Obfusction?
Read more...James K. Galbraith: The Gift of Sanctions – An Analysis of Assessments of the Russian Economy, 2022 – 2023
Galbraith debunks conventional wisdom on sanctions against Russia.
Read more...Trouble in Multifamily CRE: Two Big Messes, and Investors Are on the Hook, Not Banks
Data about who holds CRE loans is incomplete, but more is owned by investors than the media generally acknowledges.
Read more...Agrivoltaics: The Farm-to-Solar Trend That Can Help Accelerate the Renewable Energy Transition
Using the same land for the production of both agriculture and solar energy is a win-win for the climate and farmers.
Read more...Links 4/11/2023
For Uninsured People With Cancer, Securing Care Can Be Like Spinning a Roulette Wheel
Contending with cancer is horrific enough. Fighting to get care is scary, demoraizing, and can be fatal.
Read more...Saudi- U.S. Relations Sour Further On Huge OPEC+ Surprise Cut
Yes, sports fans, the Administration blew it with Saudis. Dealings may have been set to sour, but Team Biden accelerated the process.
Read more...Pentagon in Panic as Second Set of Leaked Documents Gains Traction, Revealing Spying on Allies and Deteriorating Ukraine Capabilities
The Pentagon and intel chiefs are in a tizzy over a major documents leak. How serious is it?
Read more...Freida Berrigan: 90 Seconds to Midnight – The Doomsday Clock and Me
The potency of the warning of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists’ Doomsday Clock seems to be fading….when the urgency is high.
Read more...Links 4/8/2023
Why Do Mainstream Democrats Hate Matt Taibbi?
In which the Democrats show their true colors as vicious discipliniarians.
Read more...Book Review: “The Great Displacement” Is a Must-Read
“The Great Displacement” argues that mass migration triggered by climate change will fundamentally rock U.S. society.
Read more...Now Is the Time for a Federal Ban on Facial Recognition Surveillance
Please support a bill in Congress that would block federal agencies from using facial recognition to track and misidentify millions of people.
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