Thursday, December 18, 2025
How The Fracking Revolution Is Killing the U.S. Oil and Gas Industry
The latest installment in Mikulka’s excellent series, linking the fracking bust to the decimation of the U.S. oil and gas industry.
DoJ Launches Nationwide Lawsuit Against Walmart for Opioids Violations
Feds file civil charges against Walmart for opioids violations – eschewing criminal corporate charges even for obvious drug pushing.
Analysis: Some Said the Vaccine Rollout Would Be a ‘Nightmare.’ They Were Right.
COVID-19 vaccine rollout has been deficient and disorganized, suffering from flaws that plague the U.S. for-profit health care system.
The Fall of Byron and the Oscar Wilding of Johnny Depp
Lord Byron and his fictional ilk came to unseemly ends, which seems fiting punishment for romantic indiscretions. So why are they being written out?
Rolling Out the Vaccine
More discussion of vaccine policy, such as it is.
Quick Notes on the Brexit Deal
Brexit: an undertaking of great advantage, but nobody to know what it is.
Larry Summers’ Opposition to $2000 Covid Payments Confirms Our Classic: “Why Larry Summers Should Not Be Permitted to Run Anything More Important than a Dog Pound”
Larry Summers is at it again.
2:00PM Water Cooler Christmas Eve 2020
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
A Mini-Tour of Christmas/Holiday Feasts and Traditions
Christmas traditions vary considerably. What are the ones in your part of the world like?
Explaining Fiscal Multipliers, a Stealthy but Important Budget Battleground (Part 1)
Fiscal multipliers, an economic concept often misused to justify austerity, is rearing its head in Beltway budget debates. Time to bone up.
