Category Archives: Guest Post
Bucking Convention to Track the Upside of Invasive Species
While the damage done by some invasives was clear, the notion that they were always an inherent threat to native ecosystems troubled some researchers.
Read more...Russian Army Turning Out the Lights: US Losing Electricity War in Ukraine
The dire and worsening state of Urkraine’s electricity supply has gone curiously unnoticed by Western commentators.
Read more...Glacier Northwest v. Teamsters: An Assault on the Adminstrative State?
If the NLRA does not pre-empt management tort claims against unions, the consequences are grave, not just for unions, but for the administrative state as a whole.
Read more...Links 10/9/2022
What You Don’t Have and Why
The never-ending impact of a forgotten blitzkrieg against the American Left
Read more...A Pennsylvania Prison Gets a Scandinavian-Style Makeover – and Shows How the US Penal System Could Become More Humane
Better prision approaches can reduce stress and improve outcomes for inmates and staff. But that’s not the point, is it?
Read more...Big Agriculture Casts Itself as Climate Champion Ahead of COP27
Critics say the US-led Aim4C coalition will sideline nature-friendly farming in favour of polluting status quo agriculture.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 10/7/2022
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Read more...‘Great Resignation’? ‘Quiet Quitting’? If You’re Surprised by America’s Anti-Work Movement, Maybe You Need to Watch More Movies
Movies show that some Americans have not been on board with the cult of work.
Read more...IMF Just Flagged Another Multi-Trillion Dollar Threat to the Global Financial System: Open-End Funds
Open-end funds have grown significantly over the past two decades and now manage around $41 trillion in assets globally. And the risk they pose to the global economy is rising, says the IMF.
Read more...The U.S. Is Preparing Its Response to the “Short-Sighted” Strategy of OPEC+
The US is having a hissy over the OPEC+ production cut. Not a good look.
Read more...Reflections on Graeber and Wengrow’s ‘Dawn of Everything’
David Graeber and David Wengrow spent ten years studying and thinking about human prehistory.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 10/6/2022
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Read more...KLG: What if Medicine Were Taught Like a Science?
An unsparing look at some glaring deficiencies in reserach and training in medicine.
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