Waste Watch: New York Begins Enforcing Plastic Bag Ban
New York begins to enforce its ban on single-use plastic bags, delayed since March by the pandemic and various lawsuits.
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Can Hunter Biden Be Both Right and Wrong, Both Innocent and Guilty? Yes He Can.
A nuanced primer on the Hunter Biden story : “institutional corruption at its core.” With a heavy helping of Taibbi reporting.
Read more...Paul Romer Comes Out Against Contact Tracing in the United States (which Biden Supports)
Can exhortation from the PMC make contact tracing a success?
Read more...Pandemic Causes Food Security to Wobble, While Much of Rural India Still Continues to be Underfed
The pandemic has caused global food security to wobble. Meanwhile, a recent paper shows most rural indians continue to be underfed.
Read more...“Fiscal Cliffication” Continues as the Election Looms
The politics of a new fiscal package have now evolved. And not in a good way.
Read more...WHO is Right: Lockdowns Should Be Short and Sharp. Here Are 4 Other Essential COVID-19 Strategies
As cases of COVID-19 spike yet again in the US and Europe, what public health measures have successfully stemmed the pandemic’s spread?
Read more...AOC and Other Top Progressives Urge Biden—If Elected—to Deny K Street, Wall Street Execs Top Cabinet Posts
Progressives pen letter to Biden asking him not to staff his administration with the usual corporate suspects; fat chance!
Read more...How To Break the Covid Doom Loop
Are repetitive short lockdowns a viable way to tame Covid-19?
Read more...Brexit: Standoff
Will Johnson pull the Brexit plug today, or decide to fight another day?
Read more...Latest Election Stunt Proves Uber and Lyft Are Their Own Worst Political Enemies
Quelle surprise! Uber and Lyft are acting in bad faith in their struggles to get out of being classified as employers.
Read more...Bill Would Clamp Down on Cops Collecting DNA From Kids
A proposed New York City bill would halt DNA collection from children in the absence of an arrest or parental consent.
Read more...EU Wins WTO Ruling on Boeing Subsidies, Following WTO Ruling for the US on Airbus Subsidies. Tariff War On?
WTO rulings on tit-for-tat aircraft manufacturer disputes look likely to produce dueling tariffs at least in the near term.
Read more...Why Has Mayoral Candidate Scott Stringer Invested New York City Pensions in Private Equity Firms Like Blackstone?
The New York City pension system provides more proof that investing in private equity hurts performance.
Read more...Why the George Floyd Protests Succeeded Where Others Failed
Looking at what the George Floyd and later Black Lives Matter protests over the summer did right.
Read more...Corporate Law Consequences: Amy Coney Barrett Nomination
Quick take on what the Amy Coney Barrett appointment means for various areas of corporate law and why Republicans are so keen to confirm her.
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