~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; Mangione judge, defense fund; WSWS on managing disease through allowing infection; Populism and the Wizard of Oz ~
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Elon Musk, Taylor Swift, Antony Blinken, China, and the Idiocy of Tom Friedman
The unduly respected New York Times columnist Tom Friedman again plays ignorant American, here despite a visit to China.
Trump’s Push To Shut Down the Axis of Upheaval Starts With LNG
A new neocon scheme, reportedly with backing among incoming Trump officials, to bring Russia to its knees with improved energy sanctions.
As Biolabs Multiply Globally, Some Experts Worry About Oversight
India’s policymakers have ambitious plans for pathogen research. Can biolab safety infrastructure keep up?
The Truth About H-1B Visas
More on the H-1B visa scam.
The Rise in Early-Onset Cancers: Their Origins and What to Do About Them
Cancers among the young have risen so much that some experts have called it an epidemic. What are the probable causes and preventatives?
Self-Selection and Self-Censorship on Campus, and the FIRE Report
A new study tries to find out how extensive self-censorship is among university teaching staff.
2:00PM Water Cooler New Year’s Eve 2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread ~
Seeking Reader Help in Finding New Site Contributor(s) to Fill Lambert’s Yellow Waders
Yves is in damsel in distress mode! Can you help Naked Capitalism find a new contributor to help take over for Lambert?
A Fond Farewell to Lambert
Lambert is retiring in the early months of 2025! We will very much miss him and hope you will bear with us as we fill his big yellow waders.
Is Venezuela About to Face Another Regime Change Operation?
Will Trump take a more pragmatic approach to US relations with Caracas this time? Or will he double down on an (until-now) failed strategy of sanctions escalation and regime change?
