In her DNC speech, Kamala Harris embraced Republican language on the economy. So how deep does her purported progressivism run?
Monday, July 14, 2025
Kennedy Suspends Campaign, Endorses Trump
Holy moley!
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/23/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, Syndemics; Kennedy live briefing at 2:00PM ET; This week’s RCP polling averages (neck and neck); New Covid charts (no improvements); The toll of scientific lies ~
The Geography and Determinants of ‘New Work’ in the United States
The findings point to the role of local human capital as a key element both in generating ‘new work’ as well as in turning some shocks, such as trade and technological change, into ‘new work’.
US & NATO Allies Are Considering Taking Over State-Owned Argentine Arms Manufacturer to Bolster Munitions for Ukraine
Desperate Times, Desperate Measures
Gift Card Scams Generate Billions for Fraudsters and Industry as Regulators Fail to Protect Consumers − How One Fell into the ‘Fear Bubble’
Remarkable detail of how a gift card scammer successfully worked a mark, even with a bank and police trying to intervene.
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/22/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; Shots fired, as Biden consigliere Anita Dunn lets loose on her way out; Coach, coach, coach! ; Trump steps outside the bulletproof glass to check on a fainting crowd member; On euphemisms. ~
The Death of the Engineer CEO: Evidence that Short-Termism and Financialization Had Become Ascendant
A look at how some turning points in the history of Corporate America, such as CEO changes of guard, explain how America hollowed itself out.
Patient Underwent One Surgery but Was Billed for Two. Even After Being Sued, She Refused To Pay
A patient stares down a fabricated surgery charge. But what does it say about the prevalence of billing fraud that this matter went to court?
The DNC Fiddles While the World Burns
The party convention demonstrates how dangerously disconnected the DNC is about our disastrous strategies in Ukraine and the Middle East.
Who Invented Syntax?
So how did language, and specifically syntax, develop?
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/21/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics; Democrat National Convention vignettes ; Sabato moves North Carolina to toss-up from Republican; new Boeing 777X and 787debacles; Covid, anosmia, and loss of executive function ~
“No One Has a Right to Limited Liability”
Limited liability has come to cover for not just incompetent but also criminal conduct. But what to do?
