Category Archives: Guest Post

Links 4/29/2021

Major Parties’ Climate Programs Are Miles Apart

As high as the stakes are, the struggle between the Dems and the GOP over climate change feels too much like intramural sport.

Why Workers Memorial Day Is a National Call to Action

On the odd decision by American labor unions to have their own solidarity day, the Workers Memorial Day, rather than participate in May Day.

Links 4/28/2021

We Really Do Need to Rethink the Economics of Saving, Most of Which Is Nonsense

Savings plays an important role in household management (or does when the household isn’t desperate), yet economists don’t get it.

Closing Hours of 2021 Mini-Fundraiser for Water Cooler!

2021 Mini-Fundraiser for Water Cooler

The Corporate Food Takeover

Corporate ownership in many sectors of food production has risen and is set to increase further. Another rentier program well underway.

Mexico’s AMLO Locks Horns With Business Elite As Make-or-Break Elections Loom

Long-simmering tensions between government and business interests escalate in the run-up to the country’s biggest ever midterm elections.

The Idiotic Saga of the New York Times Cooking Community

A New York Times brand extension project goes pear shaped.

The Ugly Truth About Renewable Power

Questions about how to make intermittent renewable energy production work for users conditioned to always-here power.

Why Barack Obama Was a Horrible President

Torture, warrantless surveillance, energy policy

Announcing 2021 Mini-Fundraiser for Water Cooler!

2021 Mini-Fundraiser for Water Cooler

Links 4/26/2021