Sunday, December 28, 2025

Links 6/28/2021

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.

Links 6/27/2021

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.

Links 6/26/2021

Blackout Risk And Electricity Prices Are Spiking In California

California energy tsuris are set to get worse.

Musical Interlude (“On the Path of Decent Groove”): Country

A country music sampler for a weekend break from your routine.

Hamid Dabashi: U.S. Sanctions Strengthen Iranian Theocracy

Aggressive and hypocritical sanctions by the U.S. bolster the Iranian theocracy whose only mission is defense of their own power and state.

2:00PM Water Cooler 6/25/2021

~ Today’s Water Cooler ~

The Climate Emergency Calls for a New Approach to Mental Health

Disasters and disruptions brought on by climate change could produce collective mental health traumas at scales never before seen.

Links 6/25/2021

In Praise of the Hospital for Special Surgery

As strange as it may sound, I had a good time at the Hospital for Special Surgery.