An effort to decompose deaths of despair under Covid.
Monday, October 13, 2025
The Fatuous Uproar About Robinhood and GameStop
The Robinhood contretemps shows how the US confuses a financial casino for productive activity.
Vaccination Chaos Fuels Push to Recall Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom needs to pull his vaccination program out of its nosedive. Is he up to the task?
The Third-World Flavor of America’s Love Affair with the Military
The dangers of undue deference to men in military uniforms.
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/28/2021
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TikTok Got A US Reprieve, But Elsewhere, It’s War
Tik-Tok is getting its wings clippped. But how far will containment efforts go?
Should President Biden Revoke Section 230?
“What to do about tech platforms” has fixated on Section 230, when more should be done.
Think US Evangelicals Are Dying Out? Well, Define Evangelicalism …
Evangelicals are becoming less church-going, which means their numbers are probably under-estimated.
Oxford Pledged to Donate Covid Vaccine Rights, Then Sold Them, Thanks to Bill Gates
Oxford planned an anti-capitalist solution for a global health problem. Then Bill Gates got involved.
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/27/2021
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COVID-19 Has Exposed the Fragility of Our Food System—Here’s How We Can Localize It
The pandemic has shown the need to localize food production. Farms from Northern California to Canada are creating regional food systems.
Michael Olenick: From Intel to Apple – Noncompetes are Bad Business
Silicon Valley would never have taken off if noncompetes had been used in its early years, yet titans later restricted hiring across the industry.
