Monday, January 12, 2026
Remembering the Veterans Who Marched on DC to Demand Bonuses During the Depression, Only To Be Violently Driven Out by Active-duty Soldiers
The shameful way the US treats its veterans is nothing new as demonstrated in this look back at the Bonus Army March during the Great Depression.
Wilkerson on Militarism and Regrets About Iraq War
On the cost of war, particularly the kind the US has no business fighting.
Book Review: The Surpisingly Imprecise History of Measurement
Why measurement is hard!
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/11/2022
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Repairing a Fractured World Economy?
Richard Kozul-Wright describes the current world economic disorder, and discusses possibilities and limits of effective regional responses
US Farmers and Big Ag Corps Press Panic Button on Mexico’s Upcoming GMO Ban
As Mexico’s GMO ban looms ever larger, the US National Corn Growers Association is calling for the The U.S. Trade Representative to intervene, “before it is too late”.
Oil Executives Warn G7 Price Cap Could Lead To Stranded Tankers
The more you look at the G7 Russian oil price scheme, the worse it appears.
How Workers and Pro-Union Politicians Team Up for Fair Trade
The US gets out of bed to go after some illegal foreign trade subsidies. Sadly this sort of thing does not happen very often.
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/10/2022
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Homelessness Among Older People Is on the Rise, Driven by Inflation and the Housing Crunch
Rising housing and medical costs meet fixed incomes to push older peope into desperation and homelessness.
Knowledge Overconfidence: “Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?”
Some studies seek to understand why some dogs won’t eat the dogfood, as in accept what is considered to be scietific knowledge.
