Thursday, November 6, 2025

Can a Subscription Model Fix Primary Care in the US?

The big bet of One Medical and companies like it is that greater spending on primary care will fatten their bottom lines while reducing overall health costs for their clients.

Links 6/10/2021

Keystone XL Developer Abandons Pipeline Project

In an apparent victory for environmentalists, the developer of the Keystone XL pipeline has pulled the plug on the project.

Who Speaks for the Mainstream in France?

The military’s ‘civil war’ letters on behalf of the ‘silent majority’ marks a shift to the Right that progressives…

Book Review: “Mine! How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives”

Maxims for ownership, because markets.

2:00PM Water Cooler 6/9/2021

By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Patient readers, this too will be a short Water Cooler, since I have a second post to write. –lambert Bird Song of the Day The Powerful Woodpecker (mostly calls, but occasionally exerting its power). * * * water_cooler.otln #COVID19 At reader request, I’ve added this daily chart from 91-DIVOC. The […]

The United Mine Workers Strike at Warrior Met Coal

The issues and the cast of characters at Warrior Met Coal.

Head Start’s Long-Run Impacts on Human Capital and Labor-Market Outcomes

A large-scale preschool program – even one with less per-child expenditures than model preschools – can deliver long-run benefits to students.

Links 6/9/2021

U.S. Southwest, Already Parched, Sees ‘Virtual Water’ Drain Abroad

As the Colorado River Basin enters yet another year of drought, global companies are worsening the water crisis.

2:00PM Water Cooler 6/8/2021

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The Front Lines of Climate Change: Cyclone Yaas and the Sundarbans

Cyclone Yaas smacked India and Bangladesh in late May. Its most severe impact was on the Sundarbans, the vast delta the two countries share.

Links 6/8/2021

Washington Post Publisher Says Biden DOJ ‘Intensified’ Trump-Era Attacks on Press Freedom

“The egregious acts by the outgoing Trump Justice Department, and the apparent doubling down on them during the Biden administration, should alarm all Americans, regardless of political persuasion.”

WHO Celebrates As Indian Health Regulator Removes Ivermectin from Its Covid-19 Protocol

After India finally gets somewhat of a grip on its deadly second wave, one of its health regulators just took away one of its main lines of defense.