Covid, the Politicization of Science, and More Questions About the Pfizer Vaccine Approval
How political considerations are getting in the way of science-based policy, as in not unduly tainted by commerce, special interests, or fashion.
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Nearly 20 Years After September 11: America Hooked on All War, All the Time
Another look at America’s preoccupation with war.
Read more...Brexit: End of the Line
Even with the EU giving as much Brexit time as it can, December 31 is coming.
Read more...Do Billionaires Destroy Democracy and Capitalism?
The US can draw on its Gilded Age to bring its billionaires to heel.
Read more...Links 12/17/2020
Further Discussion of the Red Flags in the Pfizer Vaccine Paper in the New England Journal of Medicine
Responding to critics of a post on the Pfizer vaccine paper and editorial.
Read more...Study of 50 Years of Tax Cuts For Rich Confirms ‘Trickle Down’ Theory Is an Absolute Sham
Another nail in the trickle down economics coffin. Too bad that vampire-like, it keeps coming back.
Read more...Americans’ Hunger During the Coronavirus Pandemic – Here’s What’s Happening in Los Angeles County
More and more Americans are suffering from hunger due to Covid economic stress, as Los Angeles demonstrates.
Read more...Congress to Pass $17 Billion Bailout of Airlines, to Top Off Prior Bailout
Airlines are back at the trough while more and more Americans go hungry.
Read more...Links 12/16/2020
China Retrenches on Belt and Road Initiative as Defaults Rise
More on “Whither China?”
Read more...Brexit: Too Late for Fudge?
The options for extending the Brexit runway don’t look promising.
Read more...Market Capitalism
Some musings about late-stage capitalism and what it might take to fix it.
Read more...John le Carré Was a 21st Century Writer
Le Carré as a subversive anti-imperialist.
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