Thursday, September 4, 2025
The Gas Stove Panic
The recent Biden campaign to restrict gas stove in homes is decidely inorganic. What might be behind it?
Is Civilization at Stake in Ukraine?
An effort to deflate the hype over the probable loss of the war by Ukraine does not go far enough.
The Correlation Between Oil Prices And Inflation Isn’t Straightforward
More debate about the role of energy price increases in consumer inflation.
How Precision Scheduled Railroading at Norfolk Southern Caused a Toxic Vinyl Chloride Mushroom Cloud Over East Palestine, Ohio
I certainly hope Norfolk Southern’s owners are happy!
‘We Ain’t Gonna Get It’: Why Bernie Sanders Says His ‘Medicare for All’ Dream Must Wait
“[Healthcare] is a dysfunctional system that to my mind needs to be fundamentally changed to a Medicare for All system — but we ain’t gonna get it.”
ChatGPT Is a Data Privacy Nightmare. If You’ve Ever Posted Online, You Ought To Be Concerned
More reasons to regard ChatGPT as CheatGPT.
What Happens When Progressives Tacitly Accept Reactionary and Authoritarian Identity Politics
Progressives sat back when some clearly dodgy social change programs were being implemented, handing the right some easy wins.
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/10/2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Auckland Just Had Its Wettest Month in Over 170 Years, and More Rain Is on the Way
Just days after its worst flood disaster on record, New Zealand braces for Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle
This Was Another Big Week for Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)
Another G-7 economy, the UK, took a big step toward adopting a central bank digital currency (CBDC). At the same time, the first largish economy to have launched a CBDC, Nigeria, descends further into financial chaos.
How Did the German Greens Become the Party of Warmongers?
German media ignore Hersh + the Greens’ Faustian bargain during the Yugoslav Wars leads directly to Germany’s perilous position today as divisions erupt over ongoing escalation with Russia.
