Democrats Prepare to Privatize Medicare, Using Medicare Advantage as Their Opening Wedge (and New York Unions?)
The Democrat plan to privatize Medicare by expanding the private, for-profit Medicare Advantage program
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‘Historic Moment’: ‘Ecocide’ Definition Unveiled by International Lawyers
If adopted, the draft law would mean individuals could be prosecuted in the International Criminal Court for causing ‘widespread or long-term damage to the environment’.
Read more...Prairie Dogs as Ecosystem Engineers and and Sentient Beings
“If a lion could speak, we could not understand him” –Wittgenstein. Wrong!
Read more...Without Enough Boots on the Ground, California’s Vaccination Efforts Falter
As it turns out, bribing people to get vaccinated with lottery tickets isn’t a comprehensive approach.
Read more...U.S. Government’s Witness Against Assange Admits He Lied
An informant publicly recanting critically important testimony against Julian Assange seems unlikely to change the trajectory of his trial.
Read more...How Policies Affect Beliefs and Preferences: The Example of Covid-19 Vaccination Willingness
Covid and other major political challenges show that devising policies isn’t the hard part: it’s getting the public to go along.
Read more...Biden Administration Issues Interim Rule Barring Surprise Billing
The health care grift knows as surprise billing is about to be largely stamped out.
Read more...‘Megadrought’ Along Border Strains US-Mexico Water Relations
Conflicts over water are escalating. The US and Mexico are trying to mediate their claims over the Colorado River, but will that work?
Read more...On The Centennial Of The Chinese Communist Party
Taking stock of the Chinese Communist Party at age 100.
Read more...Amazon Arrogance Backfires, Tries to Smear Incoming FTC Chair Lina Khan as Needing to Recuse Herself Because She Knows Them Too Well
Amazon looks to be having a meltdown over new FTC chief Lina Khan. Good.
Read more...Inflation Is Not What We Need to Worry About: the Risk of Major Collapse in the Private Sector Is What Should Be Troubling Us Right Now
Inflation may have you freaked out, but there are bigger threats on the horizon.
Read more...What’s the Carbon Footprint of a Wind Turbine?
Many studies have found that the wind turbine beats fossil fuels handsomely , at least in carbon costs. But is that the whole story?
Read more...Pentagon Papers Case Fifty Years On: Some Personal Reflections
Fifty years ago today, the United States Supreme Court allowed the publication of the Pentagon Papers to proceed.
Read more...Myths, Lobbies Foster Competitive International Corporate Tax Cutting
Bad ideology, kept alive by lobbying and PR, has fueled an unproductive corporte tax race to the bottom. Is the tide finally turning?
Read more...Biden Classifies Opposition to ‘Capitalism and Corporate Globalization’ As Extremism
The definition of what extremism amounts to becomes more, erm, inclusive as our elites feel more threatened. What are the possible end games?
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