By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Northern Mockingbird, 350 South Madison Avenue, Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States. With droning airplane. Patient readers, I am in…
Lambert here: “There is no such thing as civil society.” –Maggie Thatcher (apocryphal) By Samuel Bowles, Research Professor and Director of the Behavioral Sciences Program at Santa Fe Institute, Wendy…
The USMCA trade agreement, now in its fifth year of existence and up for renegotiation in 2026, is already looking frail. Yesterday (Nov 25), US President-Elect Donald Trump announced that…
Yves here. COP29 was such a disappointment that climate activists seem at a loss as to what to do next. Paul Rogers’ forecasts that it will likely take another decade…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Readers who have been following our HICPAC coverage (here, here, here, here, and here) know that “HICPAC” stands for Healthcare Infection Control and Prevention Advisory…
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This post endeavors, at a very high level, to discuss how the US/NATO shortcomings against Russia and the so-called West’s geostrategic competitors, are more foundational than most commentators recognize. This…
Conor here: worth it to clear cut 30% of the amazon https://t.co/YkrMvSEiKv — Yasha Levine (@yashalevine) November 23, 2024 By Irina Slav, a writer for Oilprice.com with over a decade…
Overthinking what you said? It’s your ‘lizard brain’ talking to newer, advanced parts of your brain Medical Xpress If MMT is wrong, why is it so much better at predicting…
Yves here. I’ve been waiting for legal arguments against the planned wholesale Federal budget whackage under the Trump DOGE initiative to start. Admittedly its leaders Musk and Ramaswamy had not…