War II lessons from Mançur Olson and how they apply now.
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
“Do You Have To Travel the World To Know What Poverty Is?”
A revealing discussion of poverty, in not a good way.
6 Technology Trends Revolutionizing the Transportation Sector
A list of supposedly transformative technology in the offing for transporation Sanity checks encouraged.
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/14/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Trade and farm purchases, Bloomberg, Buttigieg, introducing Patrick, Sanders, Warren, Capitol Hill therapy dogs, impeachment , jobless claims, U.S. oil, producer prices, Walmart, innovation, Google, Boeing, McClatchy, feral hogs, NGOs and labor, My Secret Garden
Climate Change Fueled the Rise and Demise of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, Superpower of the Ancient World
The Neo-Assyrian empire illustrates how fortunes rise and fall with climate.
Millennials’ Health Deteriorating, Projected Mortality Rates Higher Than GenX; “Deaths of Despair” a Major Culprit
A sobering picture of the health outlook for Millennials.
Former CalPERS Board Member JJ Jelincic Files Protest Against Election Abuses
JJ Jelincic is still fighting the uphill battle of cleaning up CalPERS.
How the Fed Boosts the 1%: Even the Upper Middle Class Loses Share of Household Wealth to the 1%. Bottom Half Gets Screwed
It is bizarre to see the Fed present data showing the Gilded Age level of wealth accumulation by the 1% as if that were a badge of honor.
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/13/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Trade in furniture, Biden, impeachment!!!! and the ambassadors, consumer price index, inflation expectations, China in Piraeus, freight bezzles, blockchain, new MacBook Pro, Google, chip vulnerabilities, noise in the brain (not impeachment), dub poetry
The Political Colour of Fiscal Responsibility: Trump’s Fiscal Policy as a Republican Tradition
Why Democrats are the party of fiscal orthodoxy.
HHS Investigates Google-Ascension Secret Medical Records Project for Millions of Patients; Concrete Evidence of HIPAA Violations
Google and Ascension look to have shot their medical data project in the head with their flagrant disregard for patient privacy laws.
‘Enormous Victory’: US Judge Rules Suspicionless Searches of Travelers’ Electronic Devices Unconstitutional
A judge slaps down DHS for its abuses of border searches of citizens’ devices.
Ilargi: Vindman, the Expert
A close reading of NSC director Alexander Vindman’s deposition in the impeachment investigation.
