The firehose of affluent consumption continues to drive inflation, not the stimulus package
Saturday, September 13, 2025
Requiem for an Empire
While historian Alfred McCoy made an early and accurate call on the erosion of the US empire, his current readings are a mixed bag.
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/19/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread ~
Long-Running Kentucky Retirement Systems Case Surmounts Yet Another Procedural Spanner, Moves Closer to Discovery After Seven Years
The long-running Kentucky Retirement Systems case is clearing the remaining obstacles to getting to discovery.
Eight Reasons Why Marco Rubio Would Be a Disastrous Secretary of State
With Trump nominations like Matt Gaetz, RFK, Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard attracting lots of ire, Mario Rubio is being treated as sound. That’s a mistake.
Will Online Age Verification Be the Trojan Horse for the Mass Rollout of Digital IDs?
Online age verification threatens to trap everyone, not just minors, in its web, as the Australian government recently admitted.
Forget Snowbirds. These Sunbirds Are Flocking North
Hotter days and higher flood risk are prompting people across the South to consider moving north.
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/18/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; About those camps… ; Blame Cannons: Biden staffers, Axelrove, Fetterman unload; Boeing’s management challenges., layoffs ~
Social Security Tackles Overpayment ‘Injustices,’ but Problems Remain
Moving away from withholding 100% of people’s monthly Social Security benefits to recover alleged overpayments has been a major improvement.
As Biden Uses Long-Range Strikes into Russia to Create Problems for Trump, What Else Might Happen With Ukraine When Trump Takes Over?
Biden and the EU are trying to throw spanners in Trump’s desire to end the war with Ukraine. What if anything has changed?
Paris and Washington Go Scorched Earth in the Sahel
What does it say about AFRICOM’s counterterrorism mission when nationalized mines increasingly come under attack and the US proxy state of Ukraine is training terrorists the US is supposed to be fighting?
Trump’s Energy Sanctions Are a Double-Edged Sword for Global Economy
Trump plans tougher sanctions on Iran’s and Venezuela’s oil exports, and secondary sanctions on China. How might that work?
Book Review: “Caps Lock” (Capitalism and Graphic Design)
Design serves capitalism by devising abstract forms.
