Alas, I could only glance at my yellow waders, but there’s still plenty wrong.
Monday, December 29, 2025
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/23/2022
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread ~
Paradigm and Nervous Breakdown: Globalization Goes Into Reverse as Inflation/Scarcity Crisis Accelerates
How long-established structures are approaching breakdown, yet those in charge try to look past that.
Geopolitics Takes A Back Seat As Biden Drops Sanctions On Venezuela
Quelle surprise! The US is trying to kiss and make up with Venezuela.
The Pandemic Isn’t Over Until It’s Over for Everyone
We could choose otherwise than to make the most vulnerable bear the cost of an ongoing pandemic by rushing to declare it over.
What to Know about Monkeypox (So Far)
Symptoms and progression, spread, clades, mortality, R, community spread, mode(s) of transmission. And summer festivals.
Rising Cereal Prices and Political Violence in The Croplands of Africa
This column shows that rising cereal prices pose an elevated risk of violence in Africa, where agriculture represents a large share of the economy
‘Public Bank’ Bill Blocked From State Senate Vote After Industry Pushback
Why is a modest public bank plan for New York going nowhere?
Book Review: An Urgent Plea to Save the World’s Megaforests
In “Ever Green,” two conservationists present a surprisingly hopeful look at the five five remaining megaforests.
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/20/2022
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Michael Hudson on the Ongoing Economic War
Michael Hudson looks at the long game of fundamental ecomomic restructuring of trade and financial relations among great powers.
