Saturday, February 7, 2026
Paul Jay and Sharmini Peries Ousted from The Real News Network in June; Current Fundraiser Hides that Fact; Falling Viewership and Liberal Turn Result
The disgraceful defenestration of the founders of The Real News Network and the effort to cover that up.
‘Maybe Rich People Can See the Writing on the Wall’: CEOs Stepping Down at Levels Not Seen Since 2008
CEOs are cashing out….an early warning?
Ilargi: Energy vs Waste
Why the problem of human energy consumption is intractable.
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/7/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: US/China to reverse tariffs in “phases,” theories of change, Biden, Buttigieg, Sanders, Warren, Weld, employment, impeachment for “quid pro quo” to extortion/bribery, CA methane super-emitters, rivers in Tibet, Russia, Mexico, grotesque college admissions scandal
The Stormy Birth of “Europe”
A review of major institutional and political developments that created modern Europe.
How Misleading Economic Analysis Is Corrupting Our Democracy
Illustrating some ways that so-called economic studies in the political sphere are cooked to sell a point of view.
Police Deadly Force: Then and Now
Some important findings from efforts to develop a more comprehensive picture of the police use of “deadly force” in the US.
Why The Kurds Still Don’t Have a Country
How the Kurds always wound up on the losing end of imperial map-drawing.
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/6/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: China milk imports, Biden, Buttigieg, Harris, Sanders, Trump, Warren, Kentucky, Maine, Virginia, Washington, propaganda, productivity and costs, Twitter, chip fabrication, Boeing, Iraq’s marshes, Laos tigers, elephants v. poverty/corruption, Dr. Bronner, sexual objectification, blogging
Carbon Taxes and Carbon Pricing Are Not Solutions to the Climate Crisis
A short-form debunking of a popular but unsound idea for addressing carbon emissions.
Another Health Industry Initiative to House the Homeless
Some small-scale initiatives to aid the homeless demonstrate how inadequate our respojnses are.
The Myth of Shareholder Primacy
A surprising alliance of big business, activists and left-wing politicians have condemned the shareholder value paradigm. But did it ever really exist?
