Sunday, July 26, 2026
A Pennsylvania Prison Gets a Scandinavian-Style Makeover – and Shows How the US Penal System Could Become More Humane
Better prision approaches can reduce stress and improve outcomes for inmates and staff. But that’s not the point, is it?
Big Agriculture Casts Itself as Climate Champion Ahead of COP27
Critics say the US-led Aim4C coalition will sideline nature-friendly farming in favour of polluting status quo agriculture.
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/7/2022
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‘Great Resignation’? ‘Quiet Quitting’? If You’re Surprised by America’s Anti-Work Movement, Maybe You Need to Watch More Movies
Movies show that some Americans have not been on board with the cult of work.
IMF Just Flagged Another Multi-Trillion Dollar Threat to the Global Financial System: Open-End Funds
Open-end funds have grown significantly over the past two decades and now manage around $41 trillion in assets globally. And the risk they pose to the global economy is rising, says the IMF.
The U.S. Is Preparing Its Response to the “Short-Sighted” Strategy of OPEC+
The US is having a hissy over the OPEC+ production cut. Not a good look.
Reflections on Graeber and Wengrow’s ‘Dawn of Everything’
David Graeber and David Wengrow spent ten years studying and thinking about human prehistory.
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/6/2022
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A Wee Rant About the State of Travel
Travel is no fun.
KLG: What if Medicine Were Taught Like a Science?
An unsparing look at some glaring deficiencies in reserach and training in medicine.
Brexit Britain Is All Alone in a Senseless Pursuit of Disaster Capitalism
As other nations return to state-led investment, Truss and Kwarteng act to weaken the democracy, economy and rights of Britain.
Is the Energy Transition Taking Off—or Hitting a Wall?
Why, as they say in Maine, you can’t get get there from here as far as our green energy plans are concerned.
