Category Archives: Politics

What Does It Mean to Live in a Multipolar World? We May Be About to Find Out

Possible American and EU responses to multipolar politics.

The 2018 Midterms: U.S. Census Data on the “Coalition of the Ascendant,” Voter Registration, and Voting

There are many barriers to registering and voting, which in toto amount to optimizing the exercise of the ballot for income.

The “Forever Wars” Enshrined: Visiting Mar-SAYLZ

Those whose names are engraved on the wall in Marseilles died in service to their country. Of that there is no doubt. Whether they died to advance the cause of freedom or even the wellbeing of the United States is another matter entirely.

Daniel Ellsberg on Julian Assange’s Espionage Charges

The US has added new charges againat Julian Assange that represent a threat to journalists.

How Trump’s ‘America First’ Trade Strategy Is Accelerating America’s Decline

Why Trump ‘s narrowly nationalistic trade agenda, combined with his nostalgia for a 1950s style economy, will undermine U.S. economic prosperity and U.S. global hegemony.

Is Theresa May Finally Over?

Is the bell finally tolling for Theresa May?

FAA Won’t Say When Boeing 737 Max Might Fly Again; Foreign Regulators Uppity

The FAA is a big casualty of the Boeing 737 Max debacle.

Documenting the Train Wreck: Atmospheric CO2 Is Now Higher Than Ever in Human History, and Rising

CO2 levels have crossed a threshold that ought to be causing alarms, yet the finding was just another news story. What can be done to cut through the climage complacency?

Bankruptcy: An Option for Taxi Drivers Crushed by Medallion Loans?

Contrary to what the NYT asserts, taxi drivers who can get competent legal advice might find bankruptcy allows them to escape onerous medallion loan burdens – and keep their medallions.

Trump’s Sneak Attack on Social Security

Trump budget proposal incorporates an attack on Social Security, advocating a switch to the chained Consumer Price Index (CPI) to index the federal definition of poverty, a step that would result in lower benefits.

Public-Private Partnerships Fad Fails

After the failure and abuses of privatization became apparent, public-private partnerships have since been promoted to mobilize private finance for the public purpose. PPPs have socialized costs and losses while ensuring private financial gains.

EPA Changes Math to Allow Burning of More Coal

EPA proposes methodology change to allow states to opt to burn more coal.

Bill Black: Ocasio-Cortez & Sanders Introduce Bill to Cap Credit Card Interest Rates at 15%

Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders introduce legislation: they call it Loan Shark Prevention, which would allow post offices to act as banks and cap interest rates at 15%, but credit card companies claim it would hurt the poor.