Category Archives: Guest Post

2:00PM Water Cooler 3/7/2023: Eric Adams Edition

~ Today’s Water Cooler: How to respond to Eric Adam’s ludicrous idea that New Yorkers should unmask when entering stores. ~

Links 3/7/2023

Mexico’s President AMLO Floats Plan to Form Anti-Inflation Alliance in Latin America

“We are going to carry out an anti-inflation plan of mutual aid for growth, for commercial and economic exchange with Latin American countries.”

Why Student Debt Cancellation Is Reasonable, Not Radical

Discuss: “The right has narrowed the parameters of discussion on student debt forgiveness. Biden is not fighting back aggressively enough.”

2:00PM Water Cooler 3/6/2023

~ Today’s Water Cooler ~

What If the World Cannot Save the World from Climate Change?

How climate change reveals a crisis of international governance.

Secret Power and the Persecution of Julian Assange

Stefania Maurizi’s “Secret Power: Wikileaks and its Enemies” chronicles Wikileaks’ publications and the dehumanization of Julian Assange.

Rail Workers Warn Safety Bill Loopholes Are Big Enough to ‘Run a Freight Train Through’

Post East Palentine rail safety reform proposals are embarrassingly unserious.

2:00PM Water Cooler 3/3/2023

~ Today’s Water Cooler ~

New York Fed Identifies a New Way Dollar Hegemony Is Not Good for Emerging Economies and Other Growing Things

Another mechanism by which US does harm through our indifference to to the impact of our dollar/interest rate policies on other countries.

Links 3/3/2023

Tesla’s Newly Announced “Gigafactory” in Northern Mexico Already Has a Serious Problem: Water Scarcity

The nearshoring trend is triggering a significant influx of global companies, including Tesla and many of its suppliers, to Northern Mexico, particularly the state of Nuevo León. But is there enough water to go round?