Month: January 2024

Yves here. We’e mentioned that water scarcity is becoming such an issue in Panama that the government is having to embark on large-scale desalination to have some prospect of having…

Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York cautioned residents on Tuesday evening about two major storm-related problems that were likely to linger after the system moved on: widespread power outages and…

It seemed an unusual choice when Fani T. Willis, the district attorney in Fulton County, Ga., turned to a suburban defense lawyer to oversee what seemed the biggest task of…

By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Peaceful Dove, Casuarina Coastal Reserve–Dripstone Park, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Politics “So many of the social reactions that strike us…

At least four people died as severe thunderstorms, powerful winds and apparent tornadoes ripped across swaths of the southeastern United States on Tuesday, downing power lines and trees, and damaging…

Yves here. The advertising deluge for Medicare Advantage plans serves to legitimate an inferior product. It is bad enough that Medicare Advantage is intended to create a two-tier Medicare system,…

Oral arguments on whether Mr Trump can face criminal charges will be heard in court in Washington.

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After Joe Biden’s speech on Friday marking the anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection and laying out the democratic stakes of the next election, Mitt Romney pronounced himself unimpressed. “As…

Interest rates are heading down. Maybe not today, and maybe not tomorrow, but soon, and for the rest of this year (at least). Why? Because there are very good reasons…