Wednesday, December 17, 2025
As the Vulnerable Wait, Some Political Leaders’ Spouses Get Covid Vaccines
KHN continues its coverage of the vaccine distribution shambles, with political spouses allowed to get jabbed before those at higher risk.
The Economic Impact of Ancient Colonisation
How ancient colonizers left an enduring economic footprint, even at the local level.
Whoops, Dander Way Back Up: What’s With the Vaccines?
A detailed discussion around the world of some of the many ways officials and executives are impeding the districution of vaccines.
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/08/2021
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Stormy petrels seem right just about now. #COVID19 At reader request, I’ve added this daily chart from 91-DIVOC. The data is the Johns Hopkins CSSE data. Here is the site. I feel I’m engaging in a macabre form of tape-watching, because I don’t think the peak is coming in the […]
CalPERS Making It Impossible to Hire Competent Chief Investment Officer
CalPERS is such damaged goods that it apparently can’t attract the sort of CIO it wants to hire.
The Insurrection at the Capitol Challenged How US Media Frames Unrest and Shapes Public Opinion
An illustration of how media framing manipulates viewer reactions.
Net-Zero Emissions Might Not Be Possible Without Nuclear Power
UC Berkeley study: “The U.S. grid will need nuclear power and hydropower to be stable with such a large share of solar and wind.”
Having Dropped for Years, US Auto Sales Plunged to 1970s Level in 2020
More Covid road kill: auto sales.
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/07/2021
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Children’s Hospitals Grapple With Wave of Mental Illness
A sobering look at the further decline in mental health among the young.
MAGA Cosplayers Seize Capitol While Cops Flounder
How could a rabble occupy the Capitol despite months of fulminations about a Trump coup and a rally date announced well in advance?
