Today’s Water Cooler: Biden v. Booker, Biden v. Sanders v. Warren, Trump and the evangelicals, reparations, party building, housing, PMI, Tesla, concentration, New York climate law, cannabis cultivation, the NHS, surprise billing, AHIP, the Internet of Sh*t
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Last Hurrah in NYC! Free Books, Free Drinks, Other Giveaways, and Good Conversation! Please Come by on Sunday June 23
Please join me for my very last Sunday in New York before I depart the city for good. We’ll have free books, drinks and good company, so I very much hope you can work us into your Sunday schedule. I have nearly 200 books I am giving away, mainly brand new or only once read, […]
Place-Based Economic Conditions and the Geography of the Opioid Overdose Crisis
There is not one opioid crisis in America—there are many. And supply-focused measures won’t stop them.
Brexit: Sleepwalking
The Brexit zombie lurches forward.
What Is a ‘Climate Refugee’ and How Many Are There?
Climate-change-induced migration is significant and set to grow. But no one seems to have any answers, save perhaps the neoliberal default, “Die sooner”.
The Two-State Solution Is Dead. Bloodbath Next?
It’s not an exaggeration to say that the Israeli plan to force integration of Palestine will lead to a bloodbath. But what are the alternatives?
Facebook’s New Libra Digital Currency, Trust Issues (Many), and Sovereignty
Trust issues with Facebook’s Libra for users, regulators, and technically. And is Facebook seeking to become a sovereign?
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/20/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Apple China cutback, Biden, Booker, Buttigieg, Sanders, Trump, Warren, workers in Republican states, leading indicators, jobless claims, business outlook, Boaty McBoatface, viral communication, homeless students, personal boundaries
Citizens Assembly: Towards a Politics of Considered Judgement’
Experts in deliberative democracy have been working across the world for around twenty years. Now, all of a sudden, their expertise is in high demand. Interview.
These Statistics Show Why the Status Quo Is Failing Most Americans
Ugly but important statistics on America’s fraying social fabric.
Whether It’s the New NAFTA or the Old NAFTA, It Serves the 1 Percent
By Leo W. Gerard, the international president of the United Steelworkers Union (USW). Produced by the Independent Media Institute Mick Mulvaney, a millionaire who is President Trump’s acting chief of staff and director of the Office of Management and Budget, awarded himself another job last week: spokesman for labor. Referring to the proposed new NAFTA, […]
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/19/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Biden GZF, Sanders, Warren, Poor People’s Campaign, Instagram influencers, Amazon 737s, logistics costs, Facebook’s Libra, AI and health care, Oregon cap-and-trade, flesh-eating bacteria, scientific fraud, grilled hot dogs
Miracle Life Support Machine ECMO Makes Heroic Rescues — And Leaves Patients In Limbo
A life support device, ECMO, can create difficult ethical choices for doctors and families.
