Identifying a new source of climate change housing price risk: heat, as in too much.
Sunday, February 8, 2026
The Coming Ukraine Collapse and the “Rebuilding” Headfake
The hyping of Ukraine rebuilding is at least as delusional as the earlier war talk.
A Valuable Lesson from Mexico: AMLO Government Cancels Extortionate Public-Private Partnerships for 9 Public Hospitals
This will probably not have gone down well with the World Economic Forum, which prides itself on being “the international organization for public private cooperation.”
Will ‘Poor Man’s Cocaine’ Fuel the Next U.S. Drug Crisis?
The cheap and highly addictive cocaine-like stimulant Captagon shows signs of following in the opioid fentanyl’s footsteps.
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/21/2023
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Doing the Marriage Thing Again
Even though bringing up kids with two parents is generally better than one, the analyses nvestigating the pro-marriage hypothesis are lousy.
Poland & Ukraine Have Plunged Into A Full-Blown Political Crisis With No End In Sight
Ukraine and its one-time enthusiastic backer Poland are in an escalating row, due at least in part to the need to play domestic politics.
When Authorities Believe Their Citizens Will Become Dangerous…
Ordinary citizens are not worried enough about the prospect that the police/surveillance state will be used against them.
Some States Fighting Medicare Plan to Require Minimum Staffing in Nursing Homes
Sadly, there is pushback against a proposed Medicare rule to assure (barely) adequate staffing in nursing homes. Please comment in favor!
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Closing Hours of the 2023 Fundraiser, Help Hit Our New Donor and $ Targets!
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2:00PM Water Cooler 9/20/2023
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How the Fed Created the Post-2008 Global Safety Net for Banks
The “liquidity” support provided by the Fed to megabanks through cross-border lending in fact acted as subsidies.
