Elizabeth Warren’s Not-Ready-for-Prime-Time Robinhood/GameStop Intervention
Elizabeth Warren is back in swinging hard, but she’s not yet connecting with the balls.
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My Advice to an Aspiring Economist: Don’t Be an Economist
There is a new world that is fast-overtaking us, and it needs to be seen and explained on its own terms.
Read more...The Sad Death of “Roadside America”
The story of an offbeat tourist attraction (and ginormous model railroad) in Pennsylvania
Read more...New Report From Rep. Katie Porter Reveals How Big Pharma Pursues ‘Killer Profits’ at the Expense of Americans’ Health
Rep. Katie Porter kicks some Big Pharma ass and takes names.
Read more...Vaccination Chaos Fuels Push to Recall Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom needs to pull his vaccination program out of its nosedive. Is he up to the task?
Read more...The Third-World Flavor of America’s Love Affair with the Military
The dangers of undue deference to men in military uniforms.
Read more...TikTok Got A US Reprieve, But Elsewhere, It’s War
Tik-Tok is getting its wings clippped. But how far will containment efforts go?
Read more...Should President Biden Revoke Section 230?
“What to do about tech platforms” has fixated on Section 230, when more should be done.
Read more...Think US Evangelicals Are Dying Out? Well, Define Evangelicalism …
Evangelicals are becoming less church-going, which means their numbers are probably under-estimated.
Read more...The Oregon Republican Party Issues a Condemnation (and a Reader Query)
Soliciting reader help on identifying the ethnographics of the diehard Republican.
Read more...‘We’re Not Controlling It in Our Schools’: Covid Safety Lapses Abound Across US
America’s inability to devise and implement Covid-containment strategies in schools illustrates why the disease won’t be vanquished soon.
Read more...Alabama to Get New Marine Sanctuary?
Just off the Alabama coast lies a unique submerged 60,000 year-old cypress forest. Legislation is pending to preserve it from marauders.
Read more...Coronavirus and Banking: Evaluating Policy Options for Avoiding a Financial Crisis
A scorecard for various approaches to combatting the looming European banking crisis.
Read more...Say It Ain’t So, Joe: Character Clause May Bar Any Candidate from Election to Baseball Hall of Fame This Year
An expansive interpretation of a character test is excluding baseball’s top performers from induction into the Hall of Fame; should it?
Read more...Rights Advocates Alarmed by US Spy Agency’s Purchase of Warrantless Phone Location Data
Defense Intelligence Agency skirts constitutional warrant requirements by buying location data from data brokers.
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