Andrew Bacevich Shellacks the New York Times’ Usefully Idiotic Coverage of America’s Never-Ending Wars
A well-argued dressing down of the New York Times for its less than illuminating reporting on America’s military adventurism.
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CalPERS (for Once) Does the Right Thing, Votes to Retain Transcription of Meetings
Mirable dictu! CalPERS board members vote to preserve its practice of transcribing board meetings, an important component of accountability and transparency.
Read more...Wolf Richter: Then Why Is Anyone STILL on Facebook?
If you’ve created an account, you can never escape Facebook. But you can at least stop making things worse for yourself.
Read more...Bill Of The Month: For Toenail Fungus, A $1,500 Prescription
Not only was the bill for a toenail fungus topical cream shockingly high, but the pharmacy dispensing it was able to tap directly into the patient’s health reimbursement account.
Read more...Central Banks in the Age of Populism
Central banks are under more and more pressure to respond to public dissatisfaction with their stewardship. Is that such a bad thing?
Read more...Gaius Publius: Why Climate Activists Must Include Supply-Side Restrictions in Their Recommended Policy Mix
Another important, indeed necessary, policy measure in the climate change toolkit.
Read more...CalPERS Violates Law and Board Procedure: Cuts Microphone of Board Member Margaret Brown After Letting Her See Only Redacted Board Transcripts, Lodging Bogus Charges
CalPERS has been doing everything it can to keep new board member Margaret Brown from seeing recent closed session transcripts, including cooking up completely bogus, secret charges against her.
Read more...“Welcome to Hell”: Barcelona Taxi Drivers Prepare for Uber’s Return
Uber faces a rumble from Barcelona’s taxi drivers.
Read more...Is Verizon Violating Its Copper Network Settlement Already?
A series of awfully convenient outages in Manhattan on Verizon’s DSL service raise the question of whether Verizon is gaming its just-inked settlement.
Read more...J.D. Alt: Fiat Money and Three Big Societal Challenges
How fiat money denialism, also know as austerity and deficit scaremongering, is undermining the public’s ability to tackle pressing challenges like climate change.
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Economists Shocked That China Invalidates Their Pet View That Economic Liberalization Producers Political Liberalization
Another economic fantasy, that the trade liberalization promotes the spread of democracy, takes some hard knocks from China.
Read more...NYC’s Fauxgressive Mayor De Blasio Turning into a Charter School Cheerleader
De Blasio again shows that he does not live up to his progressive branding.
Read more...Announcing Tucson Meetup for Friday, April 6
Calling Tucson! Please come to the first NC meetup there on April 6!
Read more...How Well Does Financial Regulation Work?
Sadly, reactive regulations don’t have a great track record.
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