Joe Biden Looks to Revive Obama’s Climate Plan. Scientists Say That’s Not Good Enough
The former vice president’s proposal is anchored in resetting the clock to 2016
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As Oregon Sends Jordan Cove LNG Back to Drawing Board, Gulf Coast Projects Press Forward
Oregon state regulators dealt a blow to the proposed Jordan Cove Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project, refusing to issue a state water quality certificate, delaying the project; meanwhile, Gulf Coast projects proceed.
Read more...Politicization of Sports and Sportization of Politics: A Global Dangerous Trend
Why the convergence of sports and political behaviors is bad for each.
Read more...Why Charter School Proponents Have Lost Many of the Democrats Who Once Supported Them
Why some liberals are coling on charter schools.
Read more...Why You Should Back the Sanders/AOC Plan to Cap Credit Card Interest Rates at 15%, Re-Launch the Postal Savings Bank
A new bill by Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez seeks to limit credit abuses and make banking more accessible.
Read more...Brexit: Stuck
Nearly a month into the EU’s Brexit extension and no progress.
Read more...Farming First: A Recipe to Feed a Crowded World
Is subsistence farming the way to the future?
Read more...Student Loan Forgiveness Program Offers False Hope, Rejects 99% of Applications
The infamous HAMP program, which the Administration revised so many times on the fly as to give incompetent and mendacious mortgage servicers air cover for failing to modify mortgages, at least had a stealth purpose. As Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said to the SIGTARP’s Neil Barofsky, it was to foam the runway for banks by […]
Read more...Brexit’s Disaster Socialism
Why disaser socialism looks as dodgy as neoliberalism’s shock doctrine.
Read more...U.S.-China: These Are Much More Than Just Trade Talks
Gaming out what the US-China trade talks mean for US politics.
Read more...All Eyes on the Fed
The latest round of debate on what the Fed might do down the road.
Read more...Ilargi: Renewables Are Dead
How Germany’s failure to meet renewable energy targets demonstrates that renewables won’t be able to meet current and expected production needs.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler Special: Blowback on Russiagate for 2020
The country needs a full accounting of what the intelligence community did in the 2016 presidential campaign
Read more...Boys Go to Baghdad. Men Go to Tehran.
The US now seeks to shut down Iranian exports to zero. Will Iran respond by closing the Strait of Hormuz?
Read more...Yes, the Tech Giants Are a Big Problem—But the Untamed Finance Industry Could Still Blow Up the Economy
Why finance, broadly defined, is still a hazard to the US economy.
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