The story of how oil refiners group marshalled the support of Republican governors behind the Trump administration’s rollback of CAFE auto emissions standards.
Sunday, February 8, 2026
Vital Economic Data Was Likely Lost During the Shutdown – Here’s Why It Matters to All Americans
Another shutdown cost….
Confirming Fort Lauderdale Meetup for Thursday, February 7
Confirming our first Fort Lauderdale meetup! I hope those of you in Florida can come by.
7th Circuit Rules Age Discrimination Law Does Not Include Job Applicants
Seventh Circuit hands down major age discrimination decision holding that federal disparate impact protection does not extend to job applicants and applies to employees only.
Marshall Auerback: In Antitrust, Size Isn’t Everything
Simply breaking up monopolies via century-old economic remedies recommended by antitrust doctrine is insufficient if it is not accompanied by a rebalancing of economic power.
Brexit “Singapore on the Thames” Fantasies
A jaundiced look at “Singapore on the Thames,” yet another barmy Brexit idea.
Los Angeles Teachers Make the Case That Charter Schools Are an Existential Threat to Public Education
Charter schools undermine public schools, and that’s a feature, not a bug.
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/25/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Wilbur Ross on China, China solar panels, Warren’s wealth tax, Sanders on Venezuela, Air Traffic controller sickout?, Democrat culture, charters, Tesla, Theranos, flash crash, housing, newspapers, TVA, tectonics, Erik Olin Wright, footnotes, hagfish slime
Are Federal Workers Being Forced Into Involuntary Servitude?
A useful, if disheartening, discussion of the limited legal grounds workers have for successfully pursuing “coercion” cases.
Gilets Jaunes Under Attack
The gilets jaunes have arisen out of the profound inequality that is fracturing societies across Europe. It is against that inequality that leaders must take a strong stance.
Soros Warns Against AI Promoted Surveillance and Authoritarianism; Singles Out China’s Existing Tools and Ambitions
Soros just designated China’s AI and surveillance ambitions as the #1 enemy to “open societies”. Recall he’s already gone after Facebook and other US tech titans.
Jonathan Tepper’s The Myth of Capitalism: “Fucking Unreadable”
Author Jonathan Tepper has sent us multiple reader assisted suicide notes, and we are only too happy to oblige.
