Brexit: Things Are Always Darkest Before They Go Completely Black
Don’t kid yourself that the current relative calm on the Brexit front is a good thing.
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Gaius Publius: IPCC Releases Climate Report — First Thoughts
The latest IPCC report says we are cooking our collective goose, and hardly anyone seems to react.
Read more...Brexit: EU-UK Talks Collapse, Disorderly Exit Virtually Certain
Bad Brexit news just got worse.
Read more...Illinois’ Stateville Correctional Center Shuts Down Prison Debate Program
Debate, prison debate, and an injustice you may be able to help rectify
Read more...Brexit and the Age of Incoherence
How Brexit is triggering a major political crisis in the UK.
Read more...Is the Tide Turning on Regulating Facebook and Google?
The time is overdue to Do Something about Facebook and Google.
Read more...J.D. Alt: Will the Democrats Change the Subject?
Will the Democrats get out of their own way?
Read more...Brexit Chaos
It’s getting harder to figure out what exactly is happening on the Brexit front, but even through the fog of negotiations, things don’t seem to be getting any better.
Read more...Michael Mann: We Are Even Closer To Climate Disaster Than IPCC Predicts
Why the already-scary new IPCC report isn’t scary enough.
Read more...Italy’s New Fiscal Plans: The Options of the European Commission
What could the European Commission do if it decided to discipline Italy for defying budget rules?
Read more...Brexit Derivatives Risk: Did the City Overplay Its £38 Trillion Hand?
Novating UK derivatives contracts entered into by EU clearinghouse members is a ginormous mess, particularly in a Brexit crashout. But how serious a mess?
Read more...Brexit Crunch: Is the EU Trying to Save the UK from Itself? Is That Even Possible?
Brexit reaches the”overly dynamic” phase.
Read more...Don Quijones: Italy’s Debt Crisis Flares Up, Banks Get Hit, as Showdown with the EU Intensifies
Who will blink first as Italy’s anti-establishment coalition government takes on the EU establishment in a struggle that could have major ramifications for Europe’s monetary union and Italian banks.
Read more...How Are We Doing on a ‘Green New Deal?’
Could a Green New Deal make enough of a dent in greenhouse gas emissions to halt global temperature increases?
Read more...Waste Watch: US Dumps Plastic Rubbish in Southeast Asia
Now that China has banned imports of plastic waste for recycling, US plastic waste exports to southeast Asia surge.
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