Sunday, November 16, 2025
Reply from Authors of “To Save the Economy, Save People First” Regarding “Lockdowns Work”
More on lockdowns as a core response to community spread of Covid-19.
Don’t Depend on Wall Street for Renewable Energy Investment
Why Big Finance is part of the energy problem, not the solution.
The Impact of the New Asian Trade Mega-Deal on the European Union
Even though the econnomic impact ot the new Asian trade pact seems limited, Europeans see it as a geopolitical Big Deal.
Insurance Companies Flag “Driver Disengagement” as Factor in Robot Car Safety
The irony of automation….
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/20/2020
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
You and I May Never Summit Everest But Microplastics Already Have
Microsplastics have been found on the summit of Mount Everest; Seems no place, even earth’s most remote locations, is witout this scourge.
Fear of Flying Is a COVID-Era Conundrum
Airlines say it’s safe to fly during the Covid pandemic. Is it?
To Save the Economy, Save People First: Targeted Measures and Subsidies for Cost Effective COVID-19 Abatement
Evidence on what it would take to beat Covid: lockdowns, mask mandates with teeth, tons of testing and lots of economic support.
Investigation: How Pesticide Companies Are Marketing Themselves as a Solution to Climate Change
After decades of denial and delay by big agribusiness, the pesticides industry now appears to have become a climate champion.
Loneliness, Happiness, and Love in Times of Covid-19
The altered constraints on whom we spend time with imposed by the Covid-19 crisis might have affected human happiness.
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/19/2020
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
‘The Real Looting in America Is the Walton Family’: GAO Report Details How Taxpayers Subsidize Cruel Low Wages of Corporate Giants
Taxpayer money subsidizes the looting of the Walton family. Why should one family reap billions while its workers can barely survive?
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