Vanautu is in the vanguard of commonwealth states moving to ban single-use plastic items, which are choking marine life, slowly poisoning fish (and those who eat them), and negatively affecting tourism.
Saturday, February 7, 2026
The Mills of Providence Were Ground Up Slowly
Life along Woonsquatucket, and what “a screw loose” really means.
Trump’s NAFTA Deal Simply Can’t Solve America’s Manufacturing Problems
Trump’s NAFTA deal means a few additional crumbs for labor at a time when most U.S. manufacturing capacity has already been offshored or destroyed by militarization.
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/31/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: NAFTA autos and dairy, China trade, Florida’s Gillum, Google ranking, Mark Penn, Glenn Greenwald, Papal legitimacy crisis, consumer sentiment, insider journalism, little languages
Why Transforming the Economy Begins and Ends with Cooperation
Co-ops can and do create more cooperation, which in turn can reform capitalism.
Holiday Schedule + Comments Holiday Notice
Announcing some holiday programming changes.
Social Media vs the Constitution
ocial media players like Facebook and Twitter increasingly informational town squares yet still carry themselves as private companies.
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/30/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: NAFTA, Biden 2020, Cuomo, Ellison, Gillum v. DeSantis, the CIA, jobless claims, income, AirBnB, Tesla, Swarm Technologies, Jackson Hole, Meyers-Briggs
Financial Times Publication Confirms Accuracy of Our Reporting on CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost’s Resume Misrepresentations; Board Refuses to Investigate and Instead Attacks Us
CalPERS is making credulity-straining defenses of its CEO Marcie Frost, and even a normally friendly publication isn’t buying them.
Causes of Turkey’s Crisis
Turkey is entering a major crisis, which many of the media have been quick to blame on Erdogan’s nationalist inclinations. However, the crisis has much more to do with poor economic fundamentals and the lending decisions of European banks.
The “Petrodollar” Has No Bearing on Any Country’s Ability to Employ Its People Fully
Debunking the petrodollar myth.
Marrying NAFTA and The TPP: The “US-Mexico Trade Agreement”
How a new “great” Trump trade deal is just recycled old trade deals with a new label.
