Yves here. This is an important post, since it documents yet another way that the foundations of supposedly civilized life are eroding in America, here access to hospitals because money.…
Patient readers, i[pastes]f you see any missing “[pastes]f’s,” that’s because my keyboard is having an issue. –lambert What Makes Foxes So Fantastic? JSTOR Daily Octopuses Redesign Their Own Brains When…
Strawberry fields forever? Maybe not in water-starved south-eastern Spain. Germany’s Bundestag sent a cross-party delegation to Spain this week to investigate a controversial proposed irrigation law in the southern region…
Yves here. Political scientist Thomas Ferguson takes a hard and not unexpectedly, critical look at the debt deal, calling it a perfect swindle. What may seem more surprising is that…
Yves here. The continued erosion of privacy due to better snooping continues apace. What is particularly depressing is the way consumers eager aid the surveillance state by, for instance, installing…
Aftershocks from the coronavirus pandemic continue to rumble across the U.S. economy, and Signet Jewelers shared a surprising one this week: The company is selling fewer engagement rings this year…
The big idea: Are cats really domesticated? Guardian Scientists find crocodile ‘virgin birth’ at Costa Rica zoo Reuters “Someone always knows”: Well, this is unusual. On June 5th, someone opened…
Yves here. It is troubling to see how, in an effort to preserve modern lifestyles, green energy enthusiasts focus on greenhouse gas reduction and routinely skip over environmental costs. Here…
Yves here. Thomas Neuburger does a fine job of picking apart Democratic party posturing of being on the side of ordinary folk, student loan edition. Bfore you harrumph that student…
Yves here. Americans have a bad case of amnesia. Many of us don’t realize that 100 years ago, in cities, milk and ice were delivered by horse cart, with the…