Sanders is pushing for a path for preserving abortion rights. Funny he doesn’t have much company.
Monday, December 29, 2025
What Blew Our Financial Bubble So Big?
Why it’s more fun and profitable to be in the bubble economy than the real one.
Record High Diesel Prices Will Ripple Across The Economy
The diesel crunch is getting more acute. What could happen next?
Calling All CalPERS Long-Term Care Policyholders! Kaiser Health News/New York Times Want to Hear Your Stories
CalPERS long-term care victims, um, policyholders: the press is interested in your plight! Use the link in this post to a NYT contact form.
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/10/2022
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Leftist Mélenchon as French PM Would Shake Europe – Renaud Lambert
Mélenchon has a shot at becoming French Prime Minister. But will his intent to buck EU economic policies scare cognitively captured voters?
Could Rising Geopolitical Tensions Between West and China Rip HSBC Apart?
Life is getting harder and harder for Europe’s largest lender as it tries desperately to continue bridging two worlds — the West and China — that increasingly appear to be on collision course
What You Need To Know about Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands story of great power competition in the South Pacific is part of a much older one of colonial conceit and neglect.
Disney Hasn’t Found Itself in This Much Trouble Since 1941
Disney is getting a long-overdue comeuppance.
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/09/2022
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread ~
Mothers, Lock Up Your Sons So They Don’t Practice “Yield Farming” in Crypto
“You’re just like, well, I’m in the Ponzi business and it’s pretty good.”
Treasury Implements Bottom of the Barrel New Russia Sanctions on Sunday May 8; How Broad a Nexus for Russia Retaliatory Sanctions Later This Week?
More sanctions sparring, with the latest US move looking petty and lame.
