Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Mexico’s AMLO Locks Horns With Business Elite As Make-or-Break Elections Loom
Long-simmering tensions between government and business interests escalate in the run-up to the country’s biggest ever midterm elections.
The Idiotic Saga of the New York Times Cooking Community
A New York Times brand extension project goes pear shaped.
The Ugly Truth About Renewable Power
Questions about how to make intermittent renewable energy production work for users conditioned to always-here power.
Why Barack Obama Was a Horrible President
Torture, warrantless surveillance, energy policy
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/26/2021
~ Today’s Water Cooler (and annual Mini-Fundraiser) ~
Announcing 2021 Mini-Fundraiser for Water Cooler!
2021 Mini-Fundraiser for Water Cooler
California Judiciary Committee Gives Blistering Assessment of CalPERS’ Fiduciary Duty Failings in Analysis of Fraud-Friendly Private Debt Secrecy Bill
The Judiciary Committee’s analysis of a CalPERS-sponsored bill shows that Sacramento is noticing the fund’s chicanery and incompetence.
China Has a Grand Carbon Neutrality Target But Where Is the Plan?
China’s new long-term targets, to reach peak emissions before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060, are yet to be matched with a consistent short-term action plan.
Safe Speech vs Free Speech: Higher Education’s False Dilemma
Universities should remember that the original purpose of free speech was to empower the weak, not to shelter them.
Why George W. Bush Was a Horrible President
The White House Iraq Group, Abu Ghraib, and warrantless surveillance
The Voice of Monetary Policy
A positive voice tone can lead to higher share prices and decreases in volatility, highlighting the importance of voice control for central bank communication.
