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Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Myths, Lobbies Foster Competitive International Corporate Tax Cutting
Bad ideology, kept alive by lobbying and PR, has fueled an unproductive corporte tax race to the bottom. Is the tide finally turning?
Tourism Begins to Recover in Europe, But Is It Just a Dead Cat Bounce?
Warning signs are already flashing that Europe’s reopening to the outside world may be short lived.
Biden Classifies Opposition to ‘Capitalism and Corporate Globalization’ As Extremism
The definition of what extremism amounts to becomes more, erm, inclusive as our elites feel more threatened. What are the possible end games?
Quick Comment on the Dismissal of Antitrust Suits Against Facebook
Facebook looks to have done well in having two high profile antitrust suits dismissed. But they should keep the campagne on ice.
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/28/2021
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
NZ to Ban Some Single Use Plastics, Following a Familiar Distressing Pattern
NZ to ban some single-use plastics, in three stages, beginning from next year and through July 2025.
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Ralph Nader: Leaves Must be Canceled. All Hands on the Congressional Deck.
Ralph Nader pens an open letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
Covid Vaccine Whack-a-Mole?
Vaccine enthusiasm has blinded people who should know better to Covid downside risks. And as Taleb warned, tails are fat.
Andrew Bacevich: America on the Downhill Slope
Musing on how America wound up where it is.
J & J Agrees to Pay New York $230 Million to Settle Opioids Lawsuit; Global Settlement Soon?
New York State and J & J Agree on an opioids settlement, which should increase pressure for a global, multi-state settlement with the opioids industry.
Yellowstone is Losing its Snow as the Climate Warms, and That Means Widespread Problems for Water and Wildlife
A new assessment of climate change in Yellowstone and Grand Teton and surrounding forests and ranchland warns of the potential for significant changes as the region continues to heat up.
