A refreshingly balanced take on why the Supreme Court was correct in shooting down the Biden employer vaccine mandate.
Friday, November 7, 2025
As Citi Prepares to Leave Mexico, the Hunt Is On for Its Assets
Big global lenders, including Spain’s Santander and Canada’s Scotiabank, are interested, but Mexico’s President Lopéz Obrador would prefer Mexico’s third largest bank to pass back into the hands of Mexican owners.
Airlines Threaten to Ground Many Passenger and Cargo Flights Over Cell Operators’ Refusal to Change 5G Plans
Airlines and cargo carriers threaten to throw down the guantlet if Verizon and AT&T don’t back off from their Wednesday 5G rollout.
Rentier Capitalism and Class Warfare in Kazakhstan
Blame Kazakhstan ‘free’ market reforms that benefit the rich and powerful at the expense of the working class for recent protests.
Latest Biden Covid Speech Sinks Without a Trace
I don’t think this speech will turn it around for Biden.
Unredacted Antitrust Complaint Shows Google’s Ad Business Even Scummier than Many Imagined
Even more ugly details about Google misbehavior in the online ad market.
Biden Urged to Fire Covid Response Chief Jeff Zients Over ‘Damning’ Failures
Calls for Zients’ ouster come amid intensifying outrage at the Biden administration’s overall pandemic response—anger that has hardly been limited to Zients.
Eurasia’s Ring of Fire
A theory of empire, based on aspirations for control of Eurasia.
An Introduction to Family Offices (and Generational Wealth)
The murky, unregulated world of family offices, where oligarchs manage their capital.
With Billions in Fines, U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Ranks Are ‘Packed With Rogues’
A new report catalogues 15,896 federal and state violations from more than 100 U.S. Chamber of Commerce members, including major fossil fuel companies.
The Central Asian Alphabet Issue
The oft-ignored role of an alphabet in politics and identity.
