Category Archives: Politics

Making Sense of Bolivia’s Discontent

Unpacking the many political and policy contradictions in Bolivia over the past decade.

Health Care Dysfunction Makes It to the Presidential Debate

A damning compendium of what ails the US health care industry.

Lack of Right to Repair Limits Ability of US Military to Maintain its Own Equipment

Support for right to repair from an unlikely quarter: US military. Military hardware is sometimes shipped back to the states for repair.

PG&E Failed California. Here’s How the State Could Turn Things Around.

How PG&E came to dominate California’s electricity market, plus discussion of options to fix the fiery mess it has created.

On TV, Political Ads Are Regulated – But Online, Anything Goes

We’ve had over two years of pearl-clutching about political ads in the Internet era. What if anything should be done?

“The UN Is Being Turned into a Public-Private Partnership”: Harris Gleckman Explains Stealth Takeover by World Economic Forum

Lynn Fries speaks to Harris Gleckman about the growing corporate influence over our global governance system – and what can be done to stop it.

Live Blog: Democrat Presidential Primary Debate #7 in Atlanta, Georgia

Candidates! Candidates! Candidates! ★★★Ten candidates on one stage! ★★★ Come on down!

Democrats’ Private Equity Hearing Fail: Abject Incompetence, Corruption, or Mere Unseriousness?

A House Financial Services Committee hearing on private equity revealed more about the party than about private equity, and in a not good way at that.

The Coup in Bolivia Has Everything to Do With the Screen You’re Using to Read This

The coup in Bolivia as a resource play.

Private Equity Under the Hot Lights Today at House Financial Services Committee Hearing, “America for Sale?”

Private equity gets some long overdue scrutiny.

2:00PM Water Cooler Special: Warren’s #MedicareForAll Transition Plan Is Set Up to Fail

Warren’s transition plan, like her pay-for plan, introduces unmotivated dependencies that make #MedicareForAll unlikely to pass, charitably from poor political judgment, less charitably because she doesn’t want the bill to pass.

Plastics Watch: Recycling, Raccoons, and Rubbish

Even a massive recycling campaign won’t make a dent in the plastics problem, as long as the industry ramps up production; some thoughts on raccoons, and rubbish.

FAA Pushes Back on Boeing Pressure to Recertify 737 Max by Year End; Agency Also Considering Major Revamp of Certification Process

Remarkably, the new FAA chief Steve Dickson is standing up to Boeing and planning widespread reforms at the agency.