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Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Incomplete and Indecisive USPS Board Flounders and Awaits Direction
Despite Biden moving to fill open USPS board seats, don’t get your hopes up.
Ships, Chips, and IPs: The High Costs of Tight Coupling
Tight coupling explains how innocent bystanders wind up suffering under neoliberal regimes: unwillingness to incur costs to increase safety.
Why Won’t Doctors Take Cash?
Are my weird run-ins with doctors over “self pay” just anomalies or are they symptoms of other changes in business practices?
U.S. Joins “Rules-Based World” on Afghanistan
Why the US appears to be retreating from the idea it can remake the world to its own liking, at least in Afghanistan.
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/25/2021
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CalPERS Shoots Itself in the Foot: Undermines Its Position in Insolent Letter Demanding JJ Jelincic Drop His Case Against Secrecy Abuses
Not only is CalPERS in a poor position in defending against a suit by former board member JJ Jelincic, but its attorney isn’t helping.
Sick Unicorns: America’s Broken Start-Up System
Unicorn startups are even more unprofitable than those that did not achieve unicorn status.
Rising Temperatures, Melting Ratings
Taking a stab at how global warming will affect bond ratings in the intermediate and long term.
Revealed: Doctors Worldwide Offer ‘Dangerous’ Treatment to ‘Reverse’ Abortions
Health experts call regulators to bar controversial anti-abortion method touted by US Christian right activists.
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/24/2021
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Democrats Continue to Prop Up High Cost Medical System by Buying Health Insurance
Pouring more money into America’s inefficient and badly performing medical system.
