Sunday, July 6, 2025
“Bad Neighbour, Worse Trade Partner”: Would Mexico Be Better Off Without Canada?
If one of the presumed goals of president elect Donald Trump’s first round of tariff threats was to sow discord and division among Washington’s USMCA partners, it’s working like a dream.
Why Did the French Government Fall and What Happens Next?
Some detail on the French government crisis and what the next moves may be.
Data Centers Are Sending Global Electricity Demand Soaring
The International Energy Agency forecasts that data center demand for energy will more than double by 2026, with AI the big driver.
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/5/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; UnitedHealthcare assassination: More details emerge; Boeing dropped a satellite, says new whistleblower; Nietzsche’s typewriter ~
Murder and Social Murder: The Case of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson
Outside his family., friends, and close colleagues, not many tears are being shed over the murder of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson.
How Right-Wing Media Is Like Improv Theater
New establishment sore-loserdom: trying to discredit right-wing messaging as like comedy theater, when the joke was running Kamala.
Experiencing Natural Disasters Increases Partisan Disagreement on Climate Change
Those experiencing a climate-change-induced disaster wind up having more polarized beliefs about the role of human action.
NATO Pledges Urgent Support for Ukraine’s Battered Infrastructure
NATO messaging about “helping” Ukraine is become even more divorced from reality.
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/4/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson shot dead in Midtown Manhattan; DNC race begins ; UAW cuts off pay from striking staffers ~
Geoengineering Could Alter Global Climate. Should It?
Scientists and companies increasingly support blocking some sunlight to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.
Politics and Medicine, Medicine and Politics
On the long-standing US conflict between freedom and the rise in the scientific and professional practice of medicine, with that, authority
Affordability of Long-Term Care Systems in Times of Rapid Population Ageing
As the private long-term care industry in the US comes under more visible stress, a 32-nation look at the success of public programs
