Category Archives: Guest Post

The Challenge of Preserving Good Data in the Age of AI

If AI-created content floods the internet, who decides what online information is worth archiving?

Indian Foreign Minister Throws Cold Water on the Idea of a BRICS Currency

The Indian foreign minister make fatal (at least for now) objections to the idea of a BRICS currency.

Diet-Related Diseases Are the No. 1 Cause of Death in the US – Yet Many Doctors Receive Little to No Nutrition Education in Med School

An exhortation for doctors to get more nutrition education so they can advise patients on diet. But is that as simple as it seems?

Who Holds All These US Treasuries? Update on the Investors in the Ballooning US National Debt in Q2

As the Fed unloads Treasuries, others are purchasing them…including foreign central banks.

How Cities Run Dry

How afflicted cities are trying to cope with water shortages.

What Is a “Fair” Drug Price?

Debunking Big Pharma whinging over Inflation Reduction Act drug price negotiations.

2:00PM Water Cooler 9/24/2024

~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; The state of the electoral college; Trump turning populist in the home stretch? Democrats: institutional advantages, political disabilitiesBoeing “Best And Final Offer” roundly rejected by machinists ~

China and Mexico Seek to Deepen Cooperation As Bilateral Trade Surges to Record Levels

Amid rising diplomatic tensions with the US, Mexico’s diplomatic and economic relations with China appear to be going from strength to strength.

Days After Rate Cut, S&P’s Flash PMI Sees Rising Inflation and Exhorts the Fed to “Move Cautiously” with “Further Rate Cuts”

S&P: “The “reacceleration of inflation” suggests “the Fed cannot totally shift its focus away from its inflation target.”

Closing the Health Gap: How Chronic Illness Drives Health Inequality Early On

A look at how chronic disease by age and income cohort affects health inequality.

Big Ag’s Road to Brazil

DeSmog re-launches investigative series to track agribusiness’ influence over climate and nature policy in a critical year for decisions on the future of food and farming.

Cheapflation and the Rise of Inflation Inequality in 2021-2023

Big companies victimized poor consumers via cheapflation: imposing greater price increases on low price goods than higher priced items

Fauci “Shares Insights on His Career” and the (On-Going) Covid Pandemic

Fauci’s blind spots and the Covid public health debacle.

BRICS and De-Dollarization: An Alternative or Potential Disaster?

A discussion of some proposals for the BRICS de-dollarization project, suggesting a lack of convergence of ideas among key players.

An American Coup?

Did the US armed services refuse to execute an order by Biden, which would amount to a coup, or is the story more complex?