Politics
I am passing along the column below from the Washington Post in its entirety because it's the first piece I've read that offers a plausible explanation for why public school curriculums have became the hot button political issue of 2021. Perspective | School culture wars stirred up
Criminal Justice
The debate about whether or not the United States is systemically racist or not is a defining issue of the post Trump era. The evidence for systemic racism in the United States is abundant and easily found. However, many Americans are unable to even consider the evidence as it contradicts
China
I don't usually pay much attention to quarterly GDP releases but China's Q3 report is interesting for two reasons. One, it’s completely consistent with an economy that hasn’t meaningfully rebalanced away from a heavy reliance on government-directed investment spending, despite years of talk
Corporate Crimes
The nauseating saga of the Boeing 737 Max two deadly crashes in October 2018 and March 2019 is a perfect example of how American corporations are barely regulated and even when their products cause hundreds of deaths, there is essentially zero punishment. There are thousands of young Black men in
China
Dear Mr. Dalio, Thank you for raysplaining the latest developments in China in your two recent posts on LinkedIn, here and here. Since I’m an American, I obviously know nothing about China, have never been to China, don't know anyone in China, don't know anyone
Economy
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has been busy tilting at windmills. Egged on by the caveman caucus of the GOP, Abbott has been blaming wind power and green energy generally for the February blackout that made the Lone Star State the Freezing My Ass Off State. The Texas Tribune: Gov. Greg
Humor
Who are these guys? Who are these people that are so dumb they think selling out your principles and your family can ever not end badly? The last five years of Trump has taught us that many Americans are more racist and more stupid than anyone suspected so I guess
Humor
From the London Daily: “Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?” Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England wrote the following response: A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no
Criminal Justice
There's so much death and suffering in the world these days (unless you're a 5' billionaire with a rocket ship and a cowboy hat), we are struggling to process news about other disasters, other suffering, other crimes. One such crime is the murder of more
Big Tech
Below are excerpts from another great Matt Stoller piece, this one about how $2,000/hour Big Law attorneys help their clients, corporations and private equity funds, get illegal mergers approved by a formerly toothless FTC. Now, with Lina Khan at the helm of the FTC, sleazy fat cat lawyers,
Humor
Writing a blog post summary of another summary of an academic paper may seem to be ridiculously derivative but bear with me, this is crypto. And whenever I think of crypto, I can't help but thinking about the immortal Jerry Lewis in The Nutty Professor. Don't
Criminal Justice
By a 9-0 margin, the Supreme Court Inflicts Mortal Wounds to the NCAA Yesterday, the Supreme Court, by a gob-smacking 9-0 margin, ruled that the NCAA’s limits on education-related expense reimbursements to “student-athletes” violates anti-trust law. The justices ruled that the NCAA is