Journalist Andrea Gabor’s new book heralds a “quiet revolution” in education you didn’t know was happening.
Sunday, June 15, 2025
An American Budget
What a sound national budget might look like.
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/31/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Harris, Medicare for All, Sanders on estate taxes, Bloomberg, AOC, the Wall, personal income, jobless claims, new home sales, manufacturing, OxyContin, Comcast, Tesla, the cold snap, forest fires, sea stars, Amazon and unions, memorization, MySpace
How the Peak Oil Story Could Be “Close,” But Not Quite Right
An in-depth look at the “peak oil” thesis and how well its predictions are playing out.
Venezuela Coup Attempt Part of US Plan to Remake Latin America
Unfortunately, US support of the attempted coup in Venezuela is just one part of planned interventions south of the border.
Controversial Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Could Be Operational By November
So much for US ire over the Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline project.
‘Foxconn Was a Major Con’: Backed by Trump Promises and $4 Billion in Subsidies, Company Admits Factory Jobs Not Coming
Foxconn fleeced Wisconsin. But this was a feature, not a bug.
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/30/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: China trade, Howard Schultz, Harris, Bloomberg, Clinton, beyond George Lakoff, impeachment, soft coup, Stacey Abrams, GDP, home sales, ADP employment, Facebook, InstaCart, Google, Apple, the polar vortex, animism, billionaires, labor power, bloatware, “You’re fine”
Is China’s Debt Crackdown Hitting California’s Commercial Real Estate Bubble?
China gets a cold and California real estate gets pneumonia.
Brexit: May Running Down the Clock by Backing Yet-Again-Nixed Renegotiation of Withdrawal Agreement
May is still firmly in charge of Brexit as various Parliamentary gambits go splat.
Many Countries at UN Oppose Trump Interference in Venezuela
The US plans for Venezuela don’t have the degree of foreign support that the press would have you believe.
The Silicon Curtain: The Gloves Come Off With China
An Australian perspective on the West’s growing conflict with China.
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/29/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Harris, Sanders, Warren, Trump, Virginia schools and Amazon, corruption in Chicago, Google donations, AI and “reinforcement learning,” computer architecture, platforms and biopower, Jacob Hacker, Silicon Valley, Gustave Doré
