Trump’s trash talk re China looks have led China to have allowed the yuan to rise. Will that be enough to improve its US trade balance?
Friday, August 1, 2025
Patient Dumping: A “New” Cost Savings Strategy for Hospitals
Some hospitals have put indigent patients out on the street, clad only in hospital gowns, something that was previously unthinkable.
UK Consternation Over EU Not Accommodating City of London in Brexit…Just As It Said It Would Not Do
The UK financial services is being told “no” yet again….will the message finally sink in?
The International Economic Consequences of Mr. Trump
The Trump Administration sees no value in international economic institutions or cooperation, abandoning the role of steward of the system.
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/31/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: SOTU wrapup, 2018 House, employment, consumer debt, stock slide, Tesla, blood moon, bird songs, mass incarceration
Highly Experienced Physicians Leaving Medicine Due to Electronic Medical Records
More on the destructive impact of electronic medical records.
Gaius Publius: 2017 Breaks Climate Records Despite No “El Niño Boost”
Yet more sobering news on the climate change front.
NC in Minn Meetup: Readers Report on the Fun and Conversations
A reader-ogranized meetup in Minneapolis was a big success. Thanks to reader Katy!
SOTU Live Blog/Open Thread
Trump’s 2018 State of the Union speech: Drinking games, bingo, punditry, live feeds
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/30/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: NAFTA, Cuomo, McCabe, tax reform, consumer confidence, cobalt, Dollar General, Apple, Walmart, the brain, Robert Parry
Dutch Police Plan to Take Clothes and Watches from People They Deem to be Dressed Too Well
The Dutch police, claiming to be targeting gangs, has a nasty new asset seizure strategy that sound like it is based on racial profiling.
UK Political Pressures Rise….Because EU Does Exactly What It Has Been Saying It Would Do on Brexit
When you think the UK has made as much of a mess of Brexit as it possibly can, it manages to do even more.
