Category Archives: Guest Post
The Winner in Afghanistan: China
Who does not command the World Island cannot command the World.
Read more...Wait and See: The Labor Market Implications of Economic Uncertainty
An increase in perceived uncertainty does indeed increase the value of waiting, thus reducing job creation.
Read more...9/11 Twenty Years On and On and On….
Memories of 9/11 and the run-up to the Iraq War, plus shaming the guilty
Read more...Links 9/12/2021
There’s One Surefire Way to End Big Sewage Spills: End Big Sewage
Massive, centralized facilities make for massive, centralized catastrophes — and the risk of public health and ecological disasters.
Read more...Links 9/11/2021
Port Authority Cop Who Survived 13 Hours Under Collapsed Towers Shares Message of Darkness and Light
A personal take on the collapse of the twin towers.
Read more...Elite Educators Have Milked the System for Long Enough
As the pandemic deepens inequality, it’s vital to dismantle the system that gives state schools no chance against elite peers
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 9/10/2021
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Read more...Links 9/10/2021
Big Oil Deploys Social Media To Shape Agenda on Climate Change and Environmentalists Have Failed to Respond Effectively
Big Oil has moved on from outright climate change denial to promoting discourses of delay.
Read more...Our Two Covid Problems
With these vaccines as our only real defense, we may survive the virus living among us, but the virus among us may survive as well.
Read more...Why Aren’t Libertarians Protesting the Freedom-Busting Texas Abortion Law
On deregulation and Covid masks, libertarians are loud. On female liberty, deafening silence.
Read more...New York Times Exalts Vegan Frankenfoods
The Grey Lady celebrates the culinary alchemy that’s processing plant-based foods so it tastes like meat, dairy, and the pièce de résistance: Spam.
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