Q & A: What Price Do We Put on Our Oceans?
Interview with Erik Solheim, on agenda for UN Environment Assembly, starting tomorrow, that will discuss measures to clean up the oceans.
Read more...Category Archives: Politics
GOP Tax Bill is Even Worse Than We Think
There’s ugly, and then there’s the GOP’s tax bill.
Read more...The Republican Tax Plan
Economists discuss the Republican tax proposals and for the most part, find a lot not to like.
Read more...Theresa May Capitulates on Brexit Settlement, Agrees to Pay Full Liabilities; What Will Brexit Ultras Do?
The UK finally concedes to reality on one issue. But will it make enough progress on other matters to get EU approval to talk trade?
Read more...Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Why Burning of Fast Fashion Clothes to Fuel Power Plants is Troubling
Debunks recent news accounts touting fueling power plants with defective fast fashion rather than fossil fuels. Much more is required.
Read more...Legatum: the Brexiteers’ Favorite Think Tank: Who is Behind Them?
Arguably the UK’s most influential think tank, Legatum’s background in ‘disaster capitalism’ reveals much about its Brexit agenda.
Read more...Gaius Publius: The Building Is Burning and All the World’s Babies Are In It — Using Force to Fight Climate Change
It’s going to take force to fight climate change and there’s little time to waste. Asking and negotiating won’t do the job.
Read more...Don’t Look to India’s Universal ID System as Model for Biometrics to Replace Social Security Numbers
India’s Aadhaar universal identification number scheme, including biometrics, is no viable model for replacing Social Security numbers.
Read more...‘The Saudis are Going to Fight Tehran to the Last Dead American’
The Saudis are utterly incompetent at military operations. You’re seeing that in Yemen. It is going to be, if it is going to be, an extremely brutal war. Iran will respond probably asymmetrically.
Read more...Aurelius Capital Sues to Dismiss (Our Colony) Puerto Rico’s Bankruptcy Case Based on the Appointments Clause
An Aurelius Capital lawsuit supports both good governance and an end to Puertoo Rico’s colonial status.
Read more...Don Quijones: Could Italy’s Banking Crisis Drag Down Mario Draghi?
Mario Draghi was governor of Italy’s central bank from 2005 to 2011, overseeing the now very sick banking system. Will his past haunt him?
Read more...Be Thankful for the Internet as You Know It, Because It May Not Exist Much Longer
FCC Commissioner’s horrid plan to end “net neutrality” and make the Internet work like cable.
Read more...How Did 1917 Change the West?
The US and Europe were more influenced by the Russian revolution of 1917 than they care to admit.
Read more...Philadelphia Fed Study Debunks Main Argument for Student Debt Slavery
Evidence that the justification for putting student loan borrowers on the rack was ideological garbage.
Read more...The Impact of Brexit on the Irish Energy System – Pragmatism vs. Principles
Irish energy provision illustrates some of the downside of Brexit for the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland.
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