A close reading of the Pentagon’s National Defense Strategy.
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
Did Your Health Plan Rip Off Medicare?
KHN has released details of 90 previously secret government audits that reveal millions of dollars in overpayments to Medicare Advantage health plans for seniors
“Look for the Helpers”: Corsi-Rosenthal Box Round-Up
Making pie crust is harder than making a Corsi-Rosenthal box.
Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson Discuss the Causes and Politicization of Inflation
Desai and Hudson debunk widely-believed, finance-and-elite-serving myths about inflation.
California’s Plan to Disappear the Homeless
CARE courts to force treatment on those deemed mentally ill and could result in state conservatorship.
Rural Americans Aren’t Included in Inflation Figures – and for Them, the Cost of Living May Be Rising Faster
The fact that the Bureau of Labor Statistics surveys only urban populations for the consumer price index could be masking a rural-urban inflation gap.
Contesting The Ultimate Lockdown: Non-Vax Covid Prophylactic Home Remedies (Plus Bharat’s Nasal Vaccine)
Let’s save some lives!
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/27/2023
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USAID Quietly Unveils Plans to Export Ukraine’s Digital Governance Model Around World
Ukraine’s wholesale digitization of government services predates the war, but in the eternal spirit of never letting a good crisis go to waste and with the financial support of USAID and the EU, it has been significantly expanded since.
New Report Highlights Pesticides’ Overlooked Climate Connection
New assessment by Pesticides Action Network North America examines the “vicious cycle” linking these fossil fuel–derived chemicals and climate change.
The Post-Covid Global Economy: Could Negative Supply Shocks Disrupt Other Fragile Systems?
Continuing shocks to the economy threaten the stability of democracies that already show significant signs of fragility
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/26/2023
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