How Europe is creating the conditions in Africa that lead to migration….and the underlying stresses are set to get worse.
Monday, January 12, 2026
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.
The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic: Part 1 of 4: Structure and Background
Drawing lessons from three books on the Roman Republic.
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/21/2019
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Patient readers, I’ll be back in a few moments with the latest on Mitt Romney! –lambert UPDATE All done! Politics 2020 “But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?” –James Madison, Federalist 51 “They had one weapon left and both knew it: treachery.” –Frank […]
Four Companies Settle Just Before Bellwether Opioids Trial Was to Begin Today in Ohio
Last minute settlement halts first federal opioids trial, due to begin today in Ohio; this would have been the opening courtroom clash in the complex MDL.
