On bringing manufacturing back home.
Sunday, December 28, 2025
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/23/2020
Today’s Water Cooler: #COVID19 data, Allan Lichtman’s keys, Biden (veepstakes, SuperPACs), Sanders (Post Office, NY ballot), Trump (#COVID19), Jeffrey Sachs on failed states, unemployment, toilet paper, AirBnB, Apple, supply chain, hydroxychloroquine, video game coaching, Ellen, Juggalos
Senate to Focus on Judicial Confirmations Once Chamber Returns in May
Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell pledges in Tuesday radio interview to focus on securing judicial confirmations once the chamber returns to session in May.
Mitch McConnell to State Pension Funds: Drop Dead
Prominent Republicans are threatening to gore the public pension fund ox.
Coronavirus Pandemic is Paving the Way for an Increase in Superbugs
The coronavirus crisis will exacerbate an existing threat to healthcare systems, around the world: the problem of antibiotic resistance.
Inequality and the Coronavirus: Destroying American Society From the Top Down
Coronavirus is exposing the severity of inequality in the US, particulary limited access to health care and the health costs of poverty.
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/22/2020
Today’s Water Cooler: #COVID19 cases, Biden messaging, Biden digital imbroglio, Cuomo, Sanders post mortem, Democrat strategic genius, supertankers, Tyson, OnlyFans, retail, container traffic, wildlife returns to cities, climate scenarios, the Anti-Mask League of 1919, back row kids, fascist economics
Our Extraordinary 50th Earth Day
The Earth Day milestone occurs in the shadow of the coronavirus.
The Coronavirus New Normal Has Only Started To Arrive
Why we aren’t even at the end of the beginning of coronavirus-induced change.
The Worst Is Yet To Come for Oil Prices
Collaping oil prices demonstrate the severity of the fall in real economy activity.
Mutual Aid Volunteers Are Mobilizing to Help the Most Vulnerable Communities to Deal With Coronavirus
How the DSA and other groups are providing coronavirus relief.
2:00PM Water Cooler Special: The Nation CANCELLED Over Tara Reade Coverage
To assert that there is “no evidence” of Ms. Reade’s allegation against Mr. Biden denies Ms. Reade’s agency as a human being
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/21/2020
Today’s Water Cooler: #COVID19 charts and Facebook county data, Biden ad, Michelle Obama as VP, Pelosi’s freezer, deaths from Milkwaukee in-person voting, Obama nostalgia explained, housing, oil prices, tankers, recession, 401(k), misinformation, #COVID19 and class, Amazon, Moloch
