Category Archives: Politics

Gurbir Grewal Takes Helm as SEC Director of Enforcement, Breaking BigLaw Stranglehold

The new SEC director of enforcement takes up his post today, the first in this position since 2005 to enter without strong recent corporate ties.

Hubert Horan: The Airline Industry Collapse Part 7 – Domestic U.S. Travel Picks Up but International Demand Remains Crippled

Hurbert Horan explains how major airline operators are still engaging in magical thinking.

Beware of World Economic Forum/Gates UN Food Systems Summit Trojan Horse

The Gates Foundation and the WEF are steamrolling normal UN processes as part of a campaign to discredit sound agroecology practices.

FTC Votes 5-0 to Crack Down on Companies For Thwarting Right to Repair

FTC issues new policy statement announcing a tougher enforcement stance on company repair and warranty practices.

As Scientists Have Long Predicted, Warming Is Making Heatwaves More Deadly

Twenty years ago the IPCC warned of summer heatwave deaths in unprepared temperate regions like the Pacific Northwest.

Financial Times: “Things Could Fall Apart for Biden”

Even Biden loyalists are getting nervous.

Reconstructing US-China Relations

Can the US and China be friends, or at least not so hostile? Jeffrey Sachs has some ideas.

Quelle Surprise! New Study Confirms that Public Pension Funds Use Flattering Benchmarks to Hide Failure to Beat Simple Indexing; CalPERS Is a Case Study

Documenting yet another way public pensions funds lie to themselves and their many constituencies about their performance.

The Delta Variant Thrives in a State of Political and Public Health Discord

More worries about Delta.

UNESCO Strips Liverpool of World Heritage Status

Liverpool now seeks to have UNESCO’s decision deferred or overturned at a meeting scheduled to occur in July.

Federal Judge Upholds Indiana University’s COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement

Trump district court appointee hands down first ruling upholding public university COVID-19 vaccine mandates on public health grounds.

Are We Prepared for Pandora’s Box of Climate Catastrophes?

There’s still time to avoid the climate catastrophe we have set in motion, but it’s going to take drastic behaviour change and huge grassroots pressure on governments.

World’s Coral Scientists Warn Action is Needed Now to Save Even a Few Reefs from Climate Change

Coral reefs are the canary in the coal mine. The collapse of these ecosystems is the first unequivocally tied to climate change.

As UN Human Rights Chief Urges Stricter Rules, Snowden Calls for End to Spyware Trade

An investigation revealing abuse of NSO Group’s Pegasus malware led Snowden to declare: “This is an industry that should not exist.”