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Monday, February 2, 2026
It’s Time for a New International Space Treaty
With satellite traffic increasing and space tourism set to take off, the laws governing space are due for an overhaul.
Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Twenty-Five: Didi’s IPO Illustrates Why Uber’s Business Model Was Always Hopeless
Didi has a more commanding position than Uber in a fundamentally more attractive market, yet has been hemmorrhaging money.
The Moral Hazard of Limited Liability
Some concrete ideas for how to pin the tail of the limited liability donkey back on key insiders, and make regulators accountable.
Is the Soil an “Ecosystem Service” That Can Be Priced?
The entire ecosystem services project is flawed, because only the use values of services so small as to be toys can be priced.
Pfizer Court Fight Could Legalize Medicare Copays and Unleash ‘Gold Rush’ in Sales
Pfizer wants to legalize kickbacks.
Confessions of a New York Times Washington Correspondent – Bob Smith Pt 2/2
Bob Smith got the Watergate break-in leak before the Washington Post. But the New York Times, then as now, avoids tough political stories.
Congress Moves to Reclaim Its War Powers
Congress has roused itself from its stupor over our undeclared, or more accurately, unapproved wars. But will much change?
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/30/2021
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Is the UK Back in Lockdown?
Another theory about the apparent decline in UK Covid cases right after Freedom Day.
Hoisted from Comments: What Climate Change Reformers Get Wrong
Climate change activists too often wind up bypassing core issues. Here are a couple of them.
