Saturday, July 12, 2025
Biden 2024 Run Back in Play as Democratic Pushback Escalates, Covid Case Offers Face-Saving Out
The Biden political survival watch has resumed.
Wealthy Enclaves Belatedly Rebelling Against Supersized Houses
Many of the wealthy have taken to recoiling against hypertrophied houses, although they don’t ‘splain why very well.
Exporting Extinction: The Global Political Economy of Biodiversity Loss
A new report, Exporting Extinction, delves into the economic and political drivers of species-destroying resource exploitation.
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/17/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics; Crooks remains an enigma; unelecting Biden: irresistable force, immovable object; Republican National Convention and J.D. Vance; how to sing ~
US Election Risks and the Impact of Trump’s Re-Election Odds on Financial Markets
Some prognostications on how Mr. Market will react to election maneuvering and possible outcomes.
Updates: Concept Anchoring in Biomedical Science and Its Resolution
How concept anchoring creates attachment to and supports funding for not-so-hot ideas, such as in Alzheimer’s research.
Target Just Became the Latest US Retailer to Stop Accepting Payment by Checks. Why Have So Many Stores Given Up on Them?
Retailers and banks are discouraging the use of checks. Why?
IT Staffing Agency Smoothstack Traps Tech Workers in “Modern Day Indentured Servitude”, Federal Suit Alleges
Smoothstack, with some Fortune 500 clients, demanded its employees stay at the company for about two years or face fines up to $30,000.
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/16/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; Keystone Cops at Trump’s assassination attempt; unelecting Biden effort continues privately; the Republican National Convention and J.D. Vance ~
Targeting Corporate Landlords, Biden to Unveil National Rent Control Plan
Rent has become unaffordable in many US cities. But Biden makes a gesture about it only when his campaign is floundering.
UK Government and Israeli Energy Firm Are Preparing to Drill for Oil in Disputed Seas Off Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
London’s newfound ambitions in the South Atlantic Sea are unlikely to meet much resistance from the Milei government.
A New Era of Endless Labor Shortages? A Critical Analysis of McKinsey’s New Report
A McKinsey report focusing on an extremely high job vacancy ratio in recent years cherry-picks data about the state of the U.S. labor market.
