Why the Intel deal is a so far small negative for the chip-maker, but still gets Team Trump tar-babied to the low likelihood of a turnaround.
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Strategies of Hope and Death: the US Foreign Policy Establishment Banks on Things Breaking Washington’s Way Once Leaders of China, Iran, and Russia Eventually Die
In Washington think tank land, begrudgingly accepting coercive limitations does not mean giving up.
Dissecting My Recent Argument (Are Error Theories Offensive?)
How do people consume arguments or make sense of them in a discursive environment devoid of generally-accepted notions of what makes an argument good or successful?
Health Insurance Price Increases Should Cause Americans More Alarm
An article that usefully documents the magnitude of health insurance price increases nevertheless blames the victims.
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: The Island (2006) Run Time: 1H 54M
The Island is a movie about a sinful monk and his path to redemption.
Tit-For-Tat Gerrymandering Wars Won’t End Soon – What Happens in Texas and California Doesn’t Stay There
Welcome to another race to the bottom, where numerous states redraw their maps to benefit one party in response to other states doing the same.
Powell Tap Dances on Interest Rate Outlook as Stagflation Starts to Kick In
Powell threw Mr. Market and Trump a bone by hinting the Fed might cut rates in Sept. But the Fed lacks good options with stagflation looming
Looking Back at the Positions on South African Apartheid Taken by Ambitious Democrats
Over time, Democrats came to support the end to South Africa’s apartheid, whch makes the cowardice over Gaza genocide even more deplorable
Coffee Break: Beware the Jargon, Chocolate(!), Arsenic Life Final Update, Death Becomes Us, and the Scopes Trial,
Part the First: Beware Scientific Jargon. But everyone here already knows that. Nevertheless, this is a perpetual challenge for every scientist and other scholar who wants to be understood by our fellow citizens without “dumbing it down.” Scientific jargon can be ‘satisfying’ — but misleading. Jargon works especially well for those of my tribe who […]
Neoliberalism Is Not a Viable Option
How neoliberalism contributes to the growth of fascism.
Our Coming Arab Springs?
Resource stresses are rising in many parts of the world. How long before we see political ruptures, including on a Arab Spring level?
