Dear patient readers, I was going to write a post about gift-giving but I had too many non-convergent ideas for it besides wanting to reminisce about my favorite childhood gifts, all for transportation! A sled, a Flexible Flier, which ironically introduced me to infinity (the Flexible Flier had a little image of a Flexible Flier […]
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
How Crisco Toppled Lard – and Made Americans Believers in Industrial food
How the successful marketing of Cricso led Americans to accept all sorts of mystery branded foods.
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/24/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Bloomberg, Buttigieg, Sanders, Trump, Warren, Los Angeles Times coverage. medical coding, reform grocery stores, holiday shipping, Disqus data debacle, Amazon, AirBnB, lost crops, climate change lawsuits, the sun, board games, Xmas round-up, super-yachts, statistical significance
Muilenburg Forced Out of Boeing, But 737 Max No Closer to Flying. What Happens If It Stays Grounded?
Why the 737 Max mess is no closer to resolution
The Gender Gap in Self-Promotion
Another contributor to the gender pay gap: women undersell themselves.
“Where Should I Move To Be Safe from Climate Change?’
No place on Earth is immune from the consequences of climate change, but some regions will fare better than others.
Trumpian Rhetoric: The Case of His Letter to Pelosi (and Foreshadowing 2020).
On Trump’s schtick.
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/23/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Open thread.
Electronic Health Records Creating A ‘New Era’ Of Health Care Fraud
Dozens of suits have been filed by whistleblowers, doctors and hospitals alleging that electronic health records (EHR) software used in hospitals and medical offices has hidden flaws that may pose a danger to patients — and that a substantial chunk of the $38 billion in federal subsidies went to companies that deceived the government about the quality of their products.
Pete Buttigieg’s Odd Time at McKinsey
The more you look at what Buttigieg has said about his time at McKinsey, the more questions it raises.
The Terribly Difficult Things Health Care CEOs Must Do to Make the Big Bucks: Back-to-Back Meetings, Complicated Schedules, Fatiguing Driving?!
Heatlh care CEOs are a prime example of executive feather-bedding.
Soil Science, Climate Change, and Property
Our understanding of soil is changing fast with new science. But can soil science help prevent global warming? Or, if the problems are political, not scientific, what is the political barrier?
