Category Archives: Guest Post

Clarence Thomas Proves Its Time for Supreme Court Term Limits

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been caught out engaging in serious misconduct. But what to do?

2:00PM Water Cooler 4/14/2023

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Amid Efforts to Cool the Planet, Solar Geoengineering Draws Heated Debate

Geoengineering schemes are getting more press as CO2 levels keep rising. But how can their risks be assessed?

Links 4/14/2023

German Vaccine Maker BioNtech Faces Series of Lawsuits for Alleged COVID-19 Vaccine Harms

The experimental mRNA COVID-19 vaccines that were developed and launched to market in record time, generating record profits for their manufacturers as well as injuries for untold thousands, will be put to the test before the German courts.

Banning TikTok Could Weaken Personal Cybersecurity

Banning TikTok would be a messy business….and probably not technologically enforceable.

2:00PM Water Cooler 4/13/2023

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Is National Public Radio Actually National Private Radio?

Matt Bruenig does the unthinkable and investigates the quetion of whether National Public Radio is state media.

Links 4/13/2023

Wall Street, Venture Capital Drive High Drug Prices

How the government enables drug company grifting via giving them the store while funding reserch.

2:00PM Water Cooler 4/12/2023

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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.

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.