I know that some of you have soured on Paypal since the recent censorship brouhaha. One of the signs is that some people who used to be on auto-pay plans for contributing to the blog have canceled them, and I’m … Continue reading →
CNN 2.0 reports: The Biden administration launched a full-scale pressure campaign in a last-ditch effort to dissuade Middle Eastern allies from dramatically cutting oil production, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. But that effort appears to have failed, … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a slightly-edited version of a previous post.] Here’s an interview that includes some remarks by a leftist academic named Richard D. Wolff. Wolff’s credentials are impressive, if you’re impressed by this sort of thing: Richard D. Wolff … Continue reading →
As if things weren’t bad enough, now this: Natural-gas is erupting like geysers on the surface of the Baltic Sea above the damaged Nord Stream pipelines, images from the Danish military show. Danish Defence on Tuesday released a video taken … Continue reading →
This isn’t going to be the definitive post on guaranteed income programs. I’m hoping to write one at some point, but that point isn’t now. But this development is certainly of interest: Communities throughout the U.S. are experimenting with social … Continue reading →
Dershowitz writes [emphasis mine]: The first move former President Donald Trump’s attorneys should do to fight back against New York Attorney General Letitia James’ civil lawsuit against him and his family members is to push that she be recused and … Continue reading →
Europe has a great deal of fracking potential, but Europeans have for the most part rejected that possible solution to its energy problems. Here’s some of what’s been going on, and why: Proponents of fracking hold that Europe’s shale gas … Continue reading →
…for now. The agreement is universally described as tentative: With the deadline to avert a freight railroad strike by Friday morning approaching fast, a tentative agreement has been reached according to the Labor Department. The new contracts provide rail workers … Continue reading →
Just what we need economically – not: One of the unions representing rail workers said Wednesday that its members rejected a proposed deal with rail carriers and voted to move forward with a strike that could have severe consequences for … Continue reading →
Funny how the experts keep getting the prognostications wrong. Such as: Stocks fell sharply on Tuesday after a key August inflation report came in hotter than expected, hurting investor optimism for cooling prices and a less aggressive Federal Reserve. The … Continue reading →
Indeed, it is. I don’t understand how people can think that it’s smart to reduce your own energy supply in order to become dependent on the supply of others. How on earth would that even help the environment, if the … Continue reading →
I’ve seen a number of articles indicating that some companies are trying to leave extreme wokeness behind. For example, there’s this one about recent developments at Warner’s in that direction. That doesn’t surprise me much – after all, cutting off … Continue reading →