More on the dastardly gast cuts to Europe by Gazprom.
Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Why Won’t Academia Let Go of ‘Publish or Perish’?
From new PhDs to full professors, the pressure to publish entrenches scientists in the current system, making it resistant to change.
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/15/2022
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JFK’s Canadian Coup
When Canadian PM John Diefenbaker said no to nuclear missiles in 1961, JFK helped Lester Pearson replace him.
Can the Fed Kill This Inflation Without Killing Too Many Other Things First?
Why having central banks as the inflation shock troops is not such a hot idea.
Fertilizer Prices Are Soaring – and That’s an Opportunity to Promote More Sustainable Ways of Growing Crops
The fertilizer price crisis may represent an opportunity….but can farmers take advantage of it?
Boris Johnson’s Hypocrisy on the Northern Ireland Protocol Is a New Low
Boris Johnson has threatened for some time to blow up Brexit’s Northern Ireland protoocol, and now he’s finally set the process in motion.
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/14/2022
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SWIFT Dollar Decline
US-led sanctions are inadvertently undermining post-Second World War dollar dominance. Countries threatened are respond pro-actively.
After Decades of God-like Omnipotence, Central Bankers Are Finally Falling Back Down to Earth
For the first time in a very long time, central bankers are coming under friendly fire as they lose control over some of the economic forces they themselves have helped to generate.
Anschluss, Again — Anticipating Poland’s Strategy in Russia’s Intelligence Assessment
Is Poland scheming? And if so, what might come of its plans?
Race Is Often Used as Medical Shorthand for How Bodies Work. Some Doctors Want to Change That.
How race factors into medical assessments, often not properly.
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/13/2022
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