California’s Plan to Disappear the Homeless
CARE courts to force treatment on those deemed mentally ill and could result in state conservatorship.
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KLG: Why Trust Science in the 21st Century? An Object Lesson
Despite the “trust the science” mantra during the current pandemic, everyone should expect to see the data, all of it, minus any selective gloss. Who pays and for what makes a difference.
Read more...Pests: Of Squirrels and Deer and Other Beasts of Burden
Yves here. Urban dwellers due to their limited contact with nature, are less afflicted by animal nuisances, with rats and pigeons as exceptions. However, given that focus, this post omits some favorites, like geese and invasive species such as rabbits in Australia. Animals routinely try to steal food from their fellows or other species; it’s […]
Read more...An Ancient Recipe for Social Success
Monte Albán, which was a major regional urban center for 1,300 years, is a powerful case study that early investments in public infrastructure and goods foster longer-term sustainability.
Read more...Hannah Arendt, Isaiah Berlin, and the Tenor of Our Time
Hannah Arendt and Isaiah Berlin both struggled with the upheaval of the 20th century. Arendt’s The Human Condition wins the argument.
Read more...Police Violence Reached an All-Time High Last Year—Are We Ready to Shrink Police Budgets?
Police brutality is higher than ever. But solutions are hard to devise.
Read more...Charlie Watts, Jazz Drummer and “Pocket King”
“Where’s my drummer?”
Read more...Public Libraries Continue to Thrive Despite Defunding and Privatization Attacks
Efforts by governments and cities to defund the public library are thankully falleing short due to essential role libraries play.
Read more...Textbooks Are Falling Behind on Climate Change
A new study found that most biology textbooks devote fewer sentences to climate change than they did before 2010.
Read more...How Wall Street Takeover of Rental Market Is Fueling the Homelessness Crisis
New lawsuits allege mega landlords are colluding to keep rents high and units vacant while also embracing surveillance tech to evict tenants.
Read more...Nepo Babies and the Myth of the Meritocracy
Meritocracy has become an empty idea in America. That’s a problem.
Read more...Zelensky’s Bloody War Against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
A bloody attack on a Ukrainian Orthodox Church priest, close to the Orthodox Christmas, in a church….and sanctioned by the government.
Read more...The Ethics of COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates: Where Do We Stand and Where Should We Go Regarding Social and Biomedical Responses to Pandemic?
As Covid vaccines underperform and for some groups, present risks, an article in a prominent metical ethics journal calls for mandates to end.
Read more...List Processing: Why We Never Have to Read End-of-Year Lists Again (But Why not Make Some?)
A close reading of “End of Year” lists.
Read more...Thomas Frank on How the Feckless Democrats Trashed the American Middle Class
How Democrats abandoned populist economic ideas and whether there is a future for progressivism.
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