“If true, this is the least bad outcome. Iraqi militias agree to stop targeting U.S. troops, who then can be safely removed.”
Monday, December 29, 2025
A Philosopher Looks at Work in Our Modern World
Thinking more deeply about what work is and how it is changing.
Our Housing Crisis Is Literally Killing People
A society that refuses to provide safe and secure housing for every single person is a failure.
The FTC Is Attacking Drugmakers’ ‘Patent Thickets’
The FTC is scoring some early wins in challenging drug company overreach via using patents on delivery methods to extend drug patent life.
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/30/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Israel Plans to Attack Lebanon Because Israel Is Not Winning Against Hamas
Israel looks determined to take a huge gamble and attack Lebanon.
EU’s Digital Services Act Poses Existential Threat to Freedom of Speech in Europe, Warns Retired German Judge
“This legislation… is a Trojan horse: it presents a facade of respecting democratic principles… But behind this liberal facade, the exact opposite is happening: an attack is taking place against the constitutional order.”
Further Discussion of Boeing’s Slow Motion Liquidation: Rational Given Probable Airline Industry Shrinkage?
More on Boeing as a symbol of industrial decline, here due to broader environmental and coming energy cost pressures.
Electric Vehicles Use Half the Energy of Gas-Powered Vehicles
An analysis of electric vehicles’ explains why they are much more efficient. But this take seems to omit some key variables.
Some Economic Effects of the Ongoing Covid Pandemic
A quick march through economic data and thinking about the Covid pandemic.
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/29/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread ~
Looting of Boeing Set to Continue, Epitomizing Decline of Late-Stage AngloSphere Capitalism
Boeing is in far worse shape than is apparent, even with its quality debacles. And the big reason is the company can lumber on despite that.
