Saturday, July 5, 2025
Will a Keir Starmer Government Make Digital Identity a Reality in the UK?
Big tech and fintech companies would certainly like to think so, as too does the City of London Corporation and Starmer’s mentor, Tony Blair
The New Curse of Critical Minerals
An updated look at the classic resource curse.
2:00PM Water Cooler July 4, 2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread ~
Germany’s Grid Is Getting Greener as Its Industry Is Weakening
Why Germany’s claimed green transition progress is less impressive than it appears when you decompose the data.
Project 2025 Architect Signals Bloodshed If Left Opposes Trump-Led ‘Revolution’
The “second American Revolution” underway will “remain bloodless,” said the head of Project 2025 “if the left allows it to be.”
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/3/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemis; Jill Biden, Vogue cover girl; Stevie Nicks and Taylor Swift; Great Barrington grifters.~
The Anxious Generation: A View of Where We Are and What Should Come Next
Jonathan Haidt contends that changes in childrearing practices have produced adults who on average are more anxious and fragile
The Houthis Turn the Red Sea Redder, Stymieing Israel and the US
A look at the history of Yemen, its place in the region, and the remarkable Houthi campaign against Israel and Red Sea shipping.
July 4 Holiday Schedule
We will be taking a holiday of sorts via a reduced number of posts through next Monday. Hope you can take a break too!
Biden Slips a Cog: Second Time as Tragedy, Second Time as Farce, or Both?
The aftermath of Biden’s debate with Trump critiqued as drama.
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/2/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; stay safe, new Covid charts; Trump holds his own, pre-debate; Presidential immunity after Trump v. United States ~
