Annie’s Homegrown ventures where FDA has feared to tread and vowed to eliminate phthalates from its macaroni and cheese.
Thursday, September 18, 2025
Feds OK’d Export of Millions of N95 Masks as U.S. Workers Cried for More
Despite a national shortage of N95 masks, the U.S. government quietly granted an exception to its export ban on protective gear.
Republicans Offer Preview of Brutal Climate Policies in Texas
Some Republicans are not letting the crisis in Texas go to waste.
Artificial Intelligence Could Mean Large Increases in Prosperity—But Only for a Privileged Few
Labor-saving advances in artificial intelligence may undo the gains from globalization and pose new challenges for economic development
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/19/2021
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Hoist on His Own Petard? Kentucky Attorney General’s Apparent Plan to Settle Landmark Pension Case Mayberry v. KKR Likely to be Undermined by Discovery
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron may have outfoxed himself by joining a landmark case against grifting private equity moneybags.
Cold Truth: The Texas Freeze is a Catastrophe of the Free Market
Yves here. The collateral damage of the Texas power grid power failures is getting worse and worse. Extensive burst pipes now mean that 14 million (no typo) are without potable water. From the Wall Street Journal: More than 14 million people in Texas are without safe drinking water, as the fallout of a severe winter […]
Thomas Frank: YouTube Censorship and Now What’s Happening in Kansas –
Thomas Frank and Paul Jay discuss censorship by tech monopolies and changes in the political landscape of Kansas.
Pandemics Swing Elections, But Not as Much as You Think
A discussion of election outcomes, using the Spanish flu as a case study.
CDC School Reopening Guidance Suppresses Aerosols Based on Thin Evidence and Driven by Budgetary Concerns
Third strike for the CDC?
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/18/2021
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