Category Archives: Social values

Message to Trump: Incompetence Is Not Virtue. Also, People Will Die

The main and possibly only qualification for Trump’s top appointees is the ability to tell blatant lies with a straight face.

This entry was posted in Corporate governance, Guest Post, Politics, Social policy, Social values on July 15, 2025 by Yves Smith.

What Does the US’ Increasing Emulation of Israel Augur for the Country’s Future?

As cooperation in the killing fields of Gaza continues, the genocidal ideology comes home. What is the way out of this madness?

Housing a Basic Right or Playground for Global Capital? – Paul Jay

How the financialization of housing destroys the societal fabric and why we need to make housing public infrastructure—like schools or libraries.

Stop Israel’s Dystopian “New Improved” Concentration Camp Plan—Before It’s Too Late

Israel keeping finding new lows in depraved behavior. Now we have Israel trying to brand a concentration camp as a “humanitarian city”.

This entry was posted in Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Legal, Middle East, Social values on July 12, 2025 by Yves Smith.

Coffee Break: AI in Healthcare and Science, the Nature of Charisma, and a Cure from a Mouse to a Patient

Part the First: Algorithmic Intelligence in Clinical Medicine. From the article This Ohio health system tested an AI tool to predict sepsis. Here’s how it went. As the subhead notes: Summa Health’s experience highlights the challenges of AI adoption, especially at community health systems: Across emergency departments around Akron, Ohio, physicians were getting overwhelmed. In […]

This entry was posted in Health care, Science and the scientific method, Social policy, Social values, Technology and innovation on July 11, 2025 by KLG.

Centuries-Long History of Russophobia Opens the Doors to Cold War 2.0

How Russophobia has been long in the making and continued to color international relations.

This entry was posted in Globalization, Guest Post, Media watch, New McCarthyism, Politics, Russia, Social policy, Social values on July 8, 2025 by Yves Smith.

The Gates Foundation’s Global Reach Expands, to Mixed Reviews

The Gates Foundation steps into the void left by the U.S., and brings with it limited accountability, conflicts of interest, and a history of failure in its stated mission.

Trump’s Neo-Stalinist Pentagon Photo Purge

Controlling the future by controlling the past, here by censorship of narrative-busting photos.

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Income disparity, Media watch, Politics, Social policy, Social values on July 4, 2025 by Yves Smith.

Trump’s Homeland Security Council Sets Its Sights on Zohran Mamdani

A window into the thuggish efforts to sabotage Zohran Mamdani bid for New York City mayor, here by the Department of Homeland Security.

This entry was posted in Guest Post, Income disparity, Middle East, Politics, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class on July 3, 2025 by Yves Smith.

The Rule of Law Is Key to Capitalism − Eroding It Is Bad News for American Business

It is a sad sign of the extent of libertarian propaganda that an apple-pie-and-motherhood issue like the rule of law needs defending.

This entry was posted in Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Legal, Social values on July 2, 2025 by Yves Smith.

Trust in Science, Public Health, and Politics: Lessons from COVID-19

Shortly after COVID-19 was recognized as a worldwide catastrophe, my much better half asked me how long I thought this would this last. Based on my then 45 years of biomedical research experience I replied, “Three years.” I was wrong. That was more than five years ago, when the refrigerated makeshift morgues were parked on […]

This entry was posted in Health care, Science and the scientific method, Social policy, Social values, The dismal science on July 2, 2025 by KLG.

Reverse Lysistrata: More on Men Cooling on Dating, Sex and the Role of Societal Denigration

More on how young men are having a hard time finding dates and romantic partners, and why this matters.

This entry was posted in Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Politics, Social values on June 30, 2025 by Yves Smith.

Can Unions Really ‘Lead the Resistance to Authoritarianism?’

Probably not in their current form, but there’s a counterintuitive argument that we should be cheering for the Supreme Court to dismantle the National Labor Relations Board in order to revitalize labor.