Yves here. As much as the effort may seem futile, it still is important to keep confronting the Israeli genocide in Gaza, even if that consists only of publicizing its…
Yves here. This post does a good job, at a high level, of confirming what everyone knows: that having health or homeowner’s insurance amounts to the insurer having an option…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Brown Thrasher, Powhatan State Park, Powhatan, Virginia, United States. “This bird was singing from the same perch at 7:00 when…
There are increasing signs of a thaw between yesterday’s terrorists/today’s legitimate government in Damascus and the US/Israel-backed Kurds of northeastern Syria. That means that Türkiye and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan…
Yves here. This Tom Neuburger post finesses the question of “What is the Democratic Party?” and for good reason. Lambert gave the matter a fair bit of study and could…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Brown Thrasher, Hammonasset Beach SP, New Haven, Connecticut, United States. In Case You Might Miss… Trump to change “Gulf of…
Yves here. Given the willingness of far too many businesses (and one assumes government agencies) to implement at best flukey and at worst error-producing AI with a lack of adult…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Patient readers, this is a travel day for me and hence an Open Thread. Talk amongst yourselves! –lambert Bird Song of the Day At IM…
The media’s role in selling the next military adventure should never be underestimated, even in this media-skeptic age. The more prestigious the media, the bigger the role. Over the past…
Yves here. It is disappointing but predictable to see many of the Democratic Party aligned groups dedicate themselves to “fighting Trump” without concentrating their efforts on targets that pose high…