Category Archives: Guest Post

Koch Influence Taints New Tufts-Based Think Thank: The Tentacles of the Mercatus Center

A timely reminder that despite the raging pandemic, Koch interests keep up their efforts to influence politics and academia.

Links 8/24/2020

A Levels: Government’s U-Turn Has Left Universities in the Lurch

The A-level crisis is increasing pressures on UK universities already stressed by COVID-19, as are their US and Australian counterparts.

Covid-19: Carmageddon Beckons Unless Work from Home Continues

Another way Covid-19 is wreacking havoc on major cities.

Paltry Flint Toxic Water Settlement: Let’s NOT Kill All the Lawyers (at Least Not Some of Them)

Michigan gets off easy with its $600 million settlement of allegations that lead-tainted water in Flint has caused permanent brain damage for its victims.

Links 8/23/2020

Earl Katz: Regenerative Agriculture and Massive Planting of Trees is Our Only Hope

Earl Katz, an early climate change warrior, looks at the dwindling number of options humans have for alleviating global warming.

How the Agricultural Lobby Is Sabotaging Europe’s Green Deal

The European Commission’s ambitous Green Deal plans are already stumbling over bureaucratic infighting and ag industry opposition.

Saudi Arabia Refuses To Learn From Its Two Failed Oil Price Wars

The oil situation has developed not necessarily to Saudi Arabia’s advantage, but MbS appears not to have gotten the memo.

Global Warming Is Accelerating. (In Other News, Democrats Reverse Platform, Won’t End Fossil Fuel Subsidies)

The Democrats busy themselves with a self-love fest as they ignore more and more dire evidence of the progress of global warming.

Cloth Masks Do Protect the Wearer – Breathing in Less Coronavirus Means You Get Less Sick

More evidence in support of masks.

How Dairy Monopolies Keep Milk Off the Shelves

How consolidation in dairy processing has led to overproduction of milk and dumping.

Links 8/19/2020