Friday, January 16, 2026
Why Keir Starmer’s Partial “U-Turn” on Mandatory Digital IDs Is Merely a Symbolic Victory
The UK government has no intention of changing course. But can the resistance grow?
The Economist Wrecks Its Limited Credibility in Article on Dark Factories That Ignores That China Already Has a Lot of Them
Time to stop reading The Economist. A story that looks like dark factory denialism completely discredits the magazine.
Critics Say Trump ‘Joke Healthcare Plan’ Nothing But a ‘Con’ of the American People
Trump’s latest afffordabilty headfake is a sketchy healthcare scheme.
A Quick Guide to the Power Restructure in the Middle East
The shifting power architecture of the Middle East explored through two new axes: religious politics and regard for territorial integrity
Trump’s “Fix Affordability” 10% Credit Card Interest Rate Cap: A Gimmick, Not a Solution (and It Won’t Happen Anyhow)
It has gotten through to Trump that the state of the economy, and particularly consumer suffering from persistently high costs, aka the affordability crisis, can’t be solved by his barker’s patter about how great things are. So he’s roused himself to try to find some quick and easy wins so he can present himself as […]
The Ever-Shrinking Eldercare Workforce
Another health industry train wreck in the making is the rising difficulty of staffing so-called eldercare needs, particularly dementia care.
Climate Engineering Would Alter the Oceans, Reshaping Marine Life – Our New Study Examines Each Method’s Risks
Sadly, climate engineering, aka geo-engineering, is coming. Is it possible to properly assess risks and choose least-hazardous approaches?
How Voting Systems Influence Immigration Policy
How America’s liberal immigration regime was a predictable result of how we decide elections.
Coffee Break: Democrats React to Minnesota on ICE
Democrats react to the ICE-engendered crisis in Minnesota with their usual aplomb, savoir-faire, organization, coherence, and discipline. Just kidding.
Move Fast and Break Everything: Crypto and the Democrats
How the Democrats brought crypto back from the dead after the FTX collapse and how weak oversight harms consumers and produces systemic risk.
Here Comes the Sun: A Way Forward if We Take It?
Bill McKibben published The End of Nature in 1989 when he was in his twenties. His book is generally recognized as the first to address what was then called global warming and now more properly labeled AGW, anthropogenic global warming. I read the book when it was released and it made perfect sense to me […]
Venezuelan Oil and the Limits of U.S. Refining Capacity
Most economic analysis of Trump’s planned Venezuela oil heist has focused on production. Time for a wee look at refining.
