Senators seek information on testing protocols for self-driving cars; mandatory arbitration for further lawsuits involving such vehicles looms as a threat.
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Meet the Economist Behind the One Percent’s Stealth Takeover of America
Nobel laureate James Buchanan is the intellectual lynchpin of the Koch-funded attack on democratic institutions, argues Duke historian Nancy MacLean.
Brexit Becoming More Unpopular as Yet More Warts, Like VAT Administration, Come Into Focus
The latest Brexit updates aren’t very cheery.
How Puerto Rico’s Death Toll Was Ignored, and Could Have Been Avoided
Why the death toll in Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria was so disgracefully high.
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/30/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: China trade, Sanders 2020, midterms, Cuomo v Nixon, Indivisible, North Dakota populists, GDP, ADP employment, Best Buy, Maersk, UPS, Amazon, government and gig economy
NIRP’s Revenge: Italian Bonds Plunge, Worst Day in Decades
Markets wail and gnash their teeth as normalization of Italian yields sets in.
Israel and Palestine: A Story of Modern Colonialism
The foundations of Israel are rooted in a colonial project that has modernized its face but continues to subject Palestinians to military occupation, land dispossession and unequal rights.
The Left as the New Enemy Within: Domestic Wargaming Exercise Includes “Progressive” AntiGlobalist Baddies, Um, Terrorists
Apparently needing to justify spending and domestic surveillance, military exercises depict leftie future terrorists as official threats.
Reminder: Tucson Meetup 2.0 This Friday, June 1
Be sure to stop by the Tucson meetup this Friday if you live in the area.
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/29/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: NAFTA, delinquent bills, unhappy Tesla customer, bitcoin price manipulation, Kubrick, Korzhev, waffle-stacking, Rube Goldberg devices
How Media Amnesia Has Trapped Us in a Neoliberal Groundhog Day
How the media became the useful idiot of neoliberalism.
