Friday, December 26, 2025
Why Is It Taking So Painfully Long for Spain, Ireland and Other EU Countries to Recognise Palestinian Statehood?
“We have found ourselves in a situation where we feel the need to move forward unilaterally because the European response has been so weak.”
Trump Versus Biden: The Substantial Fall in Real Wages for Most Workers Under Biden
An important new paper contradicts Democratic pundits, showing that most workers lost in real wage terms under Biden
Coal Still Powers More U.S. Electricity Than Any Renewable Energy Source
Why coal’s share of US energy output has not fallen as far as the ecologically-minded had hoped.
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/20/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, Pandemics, wastewater data debacle as Bionbot ends its wasterwater visualization, Michael Cohen stole $30,000 from Trump, interviews with Kennedy voters, small beer ~
Book Review: The Untapped Knowledge of Animals
In “The Internet of Animals,” Martin Wikelski highlights what insights humans can learn from creatures great and small.
US Trade Desperation: Trump Insider Robert Lightheizer Recommends Third-World Capital Controls to Achieve Balanced Trade
New desperate ideas to fix chronic US trade imbalances, like capital controls, are getting a hearing.
Assassination Attempt on Slovak PM Highlights Dangers of Constant EU Demonization of Project Ukraine Opponents and Hypocrisy of ‘Misinformation’ Crackdown
Will there be any self reflection among mainstream media and Atlanticist politicians for relentlessly going after Slovakian PM for the crime of opposing Project Ukraine while also silencing counter arguments? Don’t hold your breath.
Renting Your Life
More on the further erosion of ownership and property rights via required renting.
Word of the Day: Don’t Say “Covid Pandemic.” Say “Covid Syndemic”!
“‘Tis a mystery,” except not!
Why One New York Health System Stopped Suing Its Patients
American hospital officials often insist that lawsuits and other aggressive collections, though unsavory, are necessary to protect health systems’ finances and deter freeloading. But at Rochester Regional, ditching these collection tactics hasn’t hurt the bottom line.
Dr. Jill Stein & Michael Hudson: Fighting Russia & China to Last American: Destroying US From Within
The high cost and risks of the Biden Administration commitment to pursue forever wars with Russia and China.
