Category Archives: Guest Post

Confessions of a New York Times Washington Correspondent – Bob Smith Pt 2/2

Bob Smith got the Watergate break-in leak before the Washington Post. But the New York Times, then as now, avoids tough political stories.

Congress Moves to Reclaim Its War Powers

Congress has roused itself from its stupor over our undeclared, or more accurately, unapproved wars. But will much change?

2:00PM Water Cooler 7/30/2021

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Is the UK Back in Lockdown?

Another theory about the apparent decline in UK Covid cases right after Freedom Day.

2:00PM Water Cooler 7/29/2021

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A 20-Foot Sea Wall Won’t Save Miami – But Living Structures Can

How to rescue Miami…and other coastal cities that will otherwise be largely under water.

Cuomo’s Incoherent “Come Back En Masse” Strategy Ignores Delta Dangers

Cuomo, like his Team Dem allies, insists the vaccines will allow him to stay the reopening course when Delta is throwing a big money wrench

The Infinite Loop of Empty Direct-to-Consumer Branding

Taking note of a weirdly hollow millenial-focused consumer brand type.

2:00PM Water Cooler 7/28/2021

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Links 7/28/21

Aducanumab: The Drug That Breaks Medicare?

Biogen plans to price-gouge for the barely-effective Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab to such a degree that it could bust Medicare.

Tom Englelhardt: Our Empire in Decline

Trying to understand America’s self-and-other-destructive empire fetish.