Category Archives: Guest Post

2:00PM Water Cooler 7/18/2023

~ Today’s Water Cooler ~

The Dark, Shady Past of Spain’s Likely Next Prime Minister, Alberto Núñez Feijóo

Spain’s general elections this Sunday (July 22) could be a milestone event — of the bad rather than good kind.

How the Mayo Clinic and Uber Killed Efforts to Help Workers in Minnesota

The Land of 10,000 Lakes has been widely celebrated for its supposedly worker-friendly legislation this year, but liberal Democrats headed for the exits when push came to shove.

Notes on George Washington’s Farewell Address: The Evils of Political Parties

”How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of Negroes?” –Dr. Samuel Johnson

2:00PM Water Cooler 7/17/2023

~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread ~

Links 7/17/2023

Recork the Champagne: Sweden’s NATO Accession Deal With Turkiye Still Faces Hurdles

Lack of trust has both sides wanting the other to fulfill their end of bargain first.

What Is Happening to the Cats of Cyprus?

The history of Cypriot cats, the Feline Coronavirus that’s infecting them, with its transmission, treatment, geographic and zoonotic spread, and its unsettlingly intriguing mechanism of action (with cat video).

Links 7/16/2023

Links 7/15/2023

Colonialism or Sovereignty? How the Global Financial System Traps Countries in Debt

A deep dive on developing country debt crisis and how they reveal the workings of international finance.

2:00PM Water Cooler 7/14/2023

~ Today’s Water Cooler ~

A Transatlantic Trend: Banks in UK and US Are Closing Customer Accounts With Little to No Warning Or Explanation

“The escalation team just reached out to me. They told me that the account was being shut down, and they wouldn’t give me a reason. I asked them if they would ever give me a reason. They said no.”