Why the US looks like it has a glass jaw.
Friday, August 29, 2025
I Think, Therefore I Know: San Francisco Edition
The weird new normal of who gets to say they know better.
2:00PM Water Cooler Independence Day 2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread
Michael Hudson Discusses the IMF and World Bank: Partners In Backwardness
Michael Hudson explains how the IMF and World Bank support US hegemony.
U.N. Report: ‘Human Rights Might Not Survive’ Climate Crisis
Not surprisingly, the poor, particularly in developing countries, will be devastated by climate change.
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/3/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Open thread.
Mobility and the Desire for Sovereignity in Europe
Lack of geographic mobiliity is a major culprit in the rise of nationalism.
Congress Sniffing Around Botched McKinsey Studies Depicted as Impairing Intelligence Agencies
McKinsey is in hot water again.
Charter Schools Unleashed “Educational Hunger Games” in California. Now It’s Fighting Back.
Andrea Gabor, author of “After the Education Wars,” discusses how California is pushing back on millionaire-driven charter schools. Will the rest of the America follow?
”Maximum Pressure” Campaign Fails To Kill Off Iran’s Oil Exports
Iran and the US look deadlocked.
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/2/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: AOC at the border, and open thread.
One Hundred Years After World War I, Are We Heading Back to the Abyss?
The odds of a major war, even one that could fracture the world order, appear uncomfortably high.
