Musical interlude
Lianne La Havas – Weird Fishes
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Who’d a Thunk It?
I saw this old print and it reminded me so much of Erin O’Toole. It depicts a medical procedure in England in centuries past. “By the late 1700s, blowing smoke…
Half a Century of Skillfully Engineered Inequality. Now The Results Are In.
Joe Stiglitz knows a few things about inequality. It was the focus of his doctoral thesis and the mainstay of a career that saw him rise to chief economist for…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Jeremy Samuel Faust, Harlan Krumholz and Rochelle Walensky write about the false – and dangerous – assumption that COVID-19 would pose few risks…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – David Hope and Julian Limberg study (PDF) the effects of tax cuts for the rich – concluding that they lead to worsened…
On non-goals
The combination of Paul Merriman’s appalling use of poll numbers as a measure of COVID success – followed by Scott Moe’s feckless response – has rightly been the subject of…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Elisabeth Rosenthal writes about the need to ensure that our public health messaging includes the graphic details of the severe threat of COVID-19.…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Homebound cats.
More Anti-Trans Nonsense – This Time From Discovery Institute
So, Discovery Institute’s blog “Evolution News” has published a lengthy series of essays on transgender people, and the diagnosis and treatment of transgender youth in particular. It’s 7 or so…
Monday Evening Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Paul Wells writes that the Libs’ latest climate announcement represents at least some break from their tendency to take the easy way out…
On preferential treatment
Chris Selley’s thread trying to justify a fully effective anti-COVID strategy does manage to make an extremely strong statement. But it’s not the one he means to – and it…
This May Be Pretty Hard to Watch on a Monday Morning. Trump’s "Muscle" Unleashed.
Think of them as the 21st century version of Hitler’s Brown Shirts. As the deviant president continues to rail on about how Joe Biden and the Democrats stole the election…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Andrew Jackson summarizes and discusses Lance Taylor and Ozlem Omer‘s new book showing how the combination of wage suppression and growing inequality…
In the Runup to January 20, Are You Feeling a Bit On Edge?
Donald Trump is like the legendary wolverine that breaks into a trapper’s cabin, gorges himself on anything he can eat and then, before clearing out, pisses on the rest. Trump…
Fort Sumter, 2021
It was April 12, 1861 when the South Carolina militia attacked the US Army’s Fort Sumter, sparking the American Civil War. We might have thought this travesty was over when…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Tracy Fuller talks to Emily Oster about the process people can follow in minimizing COVID risks in the absence of full information. And…
Musical interlude
Tracey Thorn – Sister
How Much Is Too Much? When Is It Time to Say "Enough"?
The aftermath of the November elections has raised questions about whether America is too broken to heal. Congressional Republicans have served notice that they’re out to make America ungovernable again…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Carl Meyer writes about Denmark’s move to finally and fully shut down oil and gas production as part of a transition to clean…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Umair Haque discusses the tragic mistake governments in Europe and North America have made in refusing to make plans sufficient to wipe…