We still cannot incorporate observational studies of cloud formation into our climate models. Does this matter?
Saturday, November 1, 2025
It’s the Index, Stupid! Our New Not-So-Neutral Financial Market Arbiters
An overview of the recent changes in financial markets that have come from the rise of ‘passive’ investing.
Robert McChesney: The Decline of American Journalism
Why is US journalism in the crapper?
The Failure of the Public Health Establishment
Questioning whether the public health response to Covid is really about protecting the public.
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/11/2020
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Why Paying People To Get the Coronavirus Vaccine Won’t Work
More discussion of how to get the dogs to eat the vaccine dogfood.
On the Demise of Universities
More on how neoliberalism has been digging a grave for universities.
Medical System Cracking: New Rochelle Nurses Strike Over Unsafe Staffing Levels; Washington State Warns of Potential for “Catastrophic Loss of Medical Care”
Medical systems are already under strain due to Covid and some nurses have had enough.
It’s Time to Break Up Britain
The Tories’ shambolic, self-serving rule has stoked interest in Britain breakaways by Scotland and even Wales and the North. But are they viable?
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/10/2020
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Polarized Pandemic Response and Covid-19 Connectedness Across US States
US data shows that strict responses reduce Covid outbreaks, and less stringent (Republican) states spread disease to each other.
