Sunday, November 23, 2025

The Core Problem of Economic Inequality: How Much Is Too Much?

Experts accept that economic ineqality is inevitable. But how does one determine acceptable/producitve levels versus destabilitzing ones?

New Senate Report Details How Private Equity ‘Devastates’ Hospital Systems

A new report detials the impact of hospital system looting by private equity, here executed by Leonard Greene at Prospect Medical Holdings.

Coffee Break: Andrew Cuomo Counting on Trump’s Support in New York Race

Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is counting on support from President Donald Trump in the New York mayoral election.

Autism Fabulist RFK, Jr. Shuts Down Research Into Possible Environmental Causes Even as He Escalated Broad-Based Attack Against Vaccines.

More on RFK, Jr.’s hypocrisy.

Links 8/20/2025

Tucker Slams Predatory Buy Now, Pay Later Loans as the Economist Celebrates This New Debt Slavery Device

A relatively new financial product, buy now pay later loans, is deepening the misery of already over-extended Americans, especially Gen Z

The US Should Look to Putin for Help to Rebuild Trust in American Institutions

American elites looked at post-USSR Russia and said “let’s do that here.” A president serious about MAGA should ask Putin how he dug the county out of that hole. 

On Ukrainian Identity: Ukraine as a Buffer Zone

On the long process of Urkaine national identify formation and why, even with that, Ukraine was relatively late to become a state.

Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – The Vanishing Foot Soldier

Armored knights vanished when gunpowder weapons made them ineffective, and cavalry vanished when motorized transport and tanks arrived on the battlefield. I believe infantry will likely be the next category of warriors to disappear. History shows that survival, cost-effectiveness, and competitive advantage dictate military force composition—not tradition. The lessons are clear: when a combat role […]

Data Centers Consume Massive Amounts of Water – Companies Rarely Tell the Public Exactly How Much

Data centers, with AI driving insatiable needs, not only hoover up tons of power but water as well. And water is already a contested resource

Links 8/19/2025

The EU’s Latest Plan to Stifle Online Privacy Is Terrifying

The “Chat Control” law threatens to transform the Internet into an even more centrally controlled, surveilled environment. And it could be a legal reality by October. 

Can Putin Legally Stop the Ukraine Conflict Without First Controlling All the Disputed Territory?

The Trump team is still talking about Russia cedeing territory in Ukraine, aka land swaps. Some detail on why that is quite a stretch.

New Study Attempts to Candy-Coat Impact of Job Loss

A reader critical thinking exercise! Time to take a hard look at a study that argues that losing your job may not be all that terrible.

Coffee Break: 2025 Gubernatorial Races Provide Preview for 2026 Mid-term Elections

The New Jersey and Virginia 2025 gubernatorial elections provide a preview of the 2026 midterm elections occurring in the shadow of Trump.