Trump’s Executive Order is a Backdoor Privatization of Medicare
Why Trump’s “expansion” of Medicare Advantage is an insurer boondoggle at the expense of taxpayers and patients.
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Understanding Why the Green New Deal Won’t Really Work
A sanity check on the Green New Deal.
Read more...Brexit: Whither Boris?
It seems likely that Johnson will resign rather than be in office October 31 and risk being held responsible by the Brexit Party for an extension. But when would he pull that trigger?
Read more...Libra Unraveling: Network of “Partners” Like Visa and Mastercard Refusing Even to Give Lip Service
Quelle surprise! Facebook’s touted Libra partners are getting cold feet.
Read more...The Implementation Flaw in Warren’s Wealth Tax
There are better ways to skin fat cats than Warren’s wealth tax.
Read more...The Self-Set Impeachment Trap
The Democrats are going about impeachment in a particularly stupid way.
Read more...Brexit: Out of Runway
How long can Johnson keep his Brexit deal fantasy going?
Read more...From 2014: R. Hunter Biden Should Declare Who Really Owns His New Ukrainian Employer, Burisma Holdings
ive years later, Richard Smiths’s 2014 deep dive into Ukraine’s Burisma Holdings, then and now of Hunter Biden fame, provides detail you won’t find anywhere else.
Read more...The Cost/Benefit Analysis of No Deal
Looking at the contours of a No Deal Brexit.
Read more...How Facial Recognition Technology Is Bringing Surveillance Capitalism to Our Streets
Facial recognition cameras are bringing the datafication of the internet to the real world, threatening our right to privacy and public space.
Read more...Why Cheaper Drugs from Canada Likely Won’t Cure What Ails US
Why importing drugs from Canada is a band-aid on a gunshot wound.
Read more...Brexit: Gaming It Out
Brexit is getting more fractious but noise does not translate into progress.
Read more...Iran’s Ultimate Middle East Power Play
An overview of Iran’s grand strategy.
Read more...Could Climate Change Fuel the Rise of Right-Wing Nationalism?
How climate change is bad not just for health but also politics.
Read more...Cory Doctorow: Permanent Record: Edward Snowden and the Making of a Whistleblower
A review of Edward Snowden’s new book.
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