Today’s Water Cooler: Mexico and NAFTA, PA-18, self-loathing Democrats, industrial production, consumer sentiment, housing, cobalt, robot cars, Miami bridge, Apuleius, health care, Cooper Union
Thursday, August 7, 2025
How Well Does Financial Regulation Work?
Sadly, reactive regulations don’t have a great track record.
Jay Clayton’s SEC Lets Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Get Away With Brazen Fraud
The SEC did Elizabeth Holmes a monster favor with its pathetic settlement over her “massive” Theranos fraud.
Thousands of Students Protest Gun Violence
A first-hand report on some of the student gun protests in California.
Senate Expands ‘Lobbyist Bill’ to Deregulate Real Estate
Why the plan to weaken regulation of commercial real estate lending isn’t such a hot idea.
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/15/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: KORUS, Sanders, PAi-18, Larry Krasner, identity politics, business outlook, manufacturing, AirBnB, Tesla, Blue Apron, Amazon, country music, Ides of March
Bottled Water, Brought to You by Fracking?
A new reason not to like bottled water.
What Is CalPERS Trying to Hide? Plans to Eliminate Transcription of Board Meetings, A Giant Step Backwards in Transparency and Accountability
CalPERS plans to take a big step backwards in terms of governance and credibility via getting rid of transcription of board meetings, when the cost is a pittance compared to the benefits.
Announcing Our Plan to Launch “CalPERS Central” Transcript Portal
Presenting our plan to make the record of CalPERS’ past and ongoing board meetings accessible to the public via a transcript portal.
50th Anniversary of Martin Luther King’s Last Speech: Have We Left the Haunted House?
King described the problem of structural racism in his final speech and how the US commitment to Vietnam was hurting blacks disproportionately. What if anything has changed?
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/14/2018 (with Anti-Apple Rant)
Today’s Water Cooler: Imprecatory prayer for Apple, PA-18, retail sales, inventories, comeuppance for Theranos, Amazon, United, reputation, Stephen Hawking
Worksheet for the 2018 Midterms (Democrat Biographies and Backers)
The Democrat Party in 2018: Candidate challengers and their backers.
