Thursday, September 25, 2025
Chile in Flames: The Neoliberal Model in Crisis Throughout the Region
An overview of the protests in Chile.
CalPERS Abandoning Passive Equity Investing
alPERS has made big changes to how it invests, yet the press has barely noticed.
How Europe’s Greedy Lending to Africa Is Driving the Migration Wave That Fuels the EU’s Xenophobic Politics
How Europe is creating the conditions in Africa that lead to migration….and the underlying stresses are set to get worse.
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/23/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Biden, Sanders, Trump, Warren, centrist angst, pollsters, McConnell on impeachment, Joffrey Epstein, housing, weak banks, TARP fraud, Walmart cheese shortage, Boeing earnings, US leads global green economy, the climate movement, moths and bats, GM strike, consciousness
For Boomers Reframing Aging, Age-Proofing A Home Won’t Come Cheap
Americans want to stay at home as they age, but it doesn’t come cheap.
The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic: Part 2 of 4: The First Hammer-Blows
How the Roman Republic repeatedly rejected economic reforms and fell more and more to bloody insurrections by ambitious consuls and Senators.
Democrats Seek $70 Million Corporate Cash to Fund 2020 Convention
The Democratic convention is shaping up as a classic example of corruptoin.
Sacramento Bee Insinuates That CalPERS and Its Vendor Diligent Boards Have Grossly Deficient Security in Forthcoming Hit Piece Against Board Member Margaret Brown
CalPERS’ latest effort in its vendetta against pro-transarency board member Margaret Brown is a misfire, with Sacramento Bee reporter Wes Venteicher’s reputation as potential collateral damage.
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/22/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Biden, Booker, Gabbard, Warren before the Federalist Society, Stoller on the Democrats, mnanufacturing, home sales, Goldman Sachs, municipal bonds, Amazon dystopia, Google and Facebook lobbying, facial recogition, coal, heat and infant mortality, snakes, bees, cash bail, “geography of desperation,” pr0n, “Matreon”
Why Have Facebook and Other Tech Giants Gotten Away With Gobbling Up Competitors?
Why have regulators sat pat as Big Tech companies like Facebook and Google have done deals that look like violations of antitrust law?
Why Taking Responsibility for Our Carbon Emissions Means Promoting the Right to Repair
Back to the future means not just considering the ability to repair but more actively purchases of new goods just for the thrill of acquisition.
Leaving Trees Alone Might Be Better Than Planting New Ones
The debate over what to do about trees and deforestation continues.
