Part the First. How Did the United States Get This Healthcare System? I distinctly remember the first time this question occurred to me, because as the child of a union household a visit to the doctor or the Emergency Room (trees were made to fall out of) was never a problem. I was twenty years […]
Saturday, July 5, 2025
ICE’s Rap Sheet Grows With Continuing Defiance of Congressional Oversight at Facilities, Attempt to Write Its Own Rules
ICE is becoming even more high-handed in its defiance of legally mandated Congressional oversight rights.
Christine Lagarde’s Delusions of Grandeur(o)
As the US dollar’s decline deepens, is this the EU’s “global Euro moment”?
What if MAGA Has a Point About Science?
On the fallen legitimacy of science in the US, and what might be done about that.
The US Is Taxing the World’s Poorest — and Is Disguising It as Regulation
Yet more mean-spirited US conduct, here via taxing remittances, hurting families of (often legal) migrants and their home countries.
Nihilism is at the Core of the Israel-Iran Conflict — Not Nuclear Weapons
Nihilism, understood as the absence of a transcendental purpose, lies at the heart of the conflict that Israel initiated against Iran
Trump Reportedly Greenlights Plan for US Attack on Iran Without Congressional Approval
The Trump administration barrels toward U.S. intervention in Iran, with neither reality nor Congress serving as a check.
Will Iran Actually Close the Strait of Hormuz? Eni CEO Weighs In
Investors seem unduly chill about the risk that a US attack on Iran will produce a formal or de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
Via the False Claims Act, NIH Creates Another Weapon for Ideological Enforcement at Universities
Universities are loath to take NIH funding due to “evil” grant terms that make ideological non-compliance subject to False Claims Act damages
What’s Next for Capitalism — Reinvention or Authoritarian Rule?
In Capitalism and Its Critics, John Cassidy presents historical foes of monopoly, inequality, environmental peril, and authoritarianism
Coffee Break: Texas Is the MAGA vs RINO Frontline
Texas is the 3rd largest US state. It’s been under GOP rule for 21 years and a civil war is brewing between MAGA and RINO factions.
The Economic Consequences of the Second Trump Administration: A Preliminary Assessment
An overview of the economic impact of Trump’s second term flurry from some Serious Economists. They don’t find much to like.
