They failed in the game which they invented, maintained, and defended at all cost, and now, they want another shot at it, but with altered
Category: politics
How To Solve The Fed’s ‘Embarrassing’ Ethics Problem
When Jerome Powell takes questions from the press after this week’s critical Fed meeting, monetary policy won’t be the only thing on reporters’ agenda. As
Revolutions Aren’t Won At The Met Gala
Joe Biden addressed the nation on Thursday afternoon in a bid to speed passage of his economic agenda amid Democratic infighting and the usual Republican
Failings And An Ungovernable Nation
I often talk about America’s multi-faceted culture war as a threat to democracy, but over the past several years, it’s morphed into something more than
Nobody You Follow Is Real, Says The Pseudonym
On Monday morning, while penning yet another update on China’s anti-monopoly crackdown, I initially inserted a quote from a popular commentator who writes about monopolies.
Let’s Talk
Risk sentiment firmed Friday, or at least in Asia, after the South China Morning Post “clarified” that Beijing hasn’t, in fact, imposed a moratorium on
Kafka Or Mills?
For millions of Americans, the holiday weekend wasn’t cause for celebration. The expiration of emergency federal unemployment benefits condemns scores of recipients to once again
Texas
When seen in the context of the most recent developments, the new intensity of the American misogyny appears less of an anachronistic anomaly and more
Xi’s ‘Profound Revolution’ Renders Market Calls Worthless
As it turns out, Xi Jinping’s sweeping regulatory blitz (which, if you date to Jack Ma’s criticism of global regulators and the subsequent icing of
America The Radical
One of the most striking features of the post-Trump media landscape in America is the extent to which it (the media) apparently learned nothing from
‘Seriously, Y’all. Stop it.’
At age seven he had read most of the dialogues of Plato. The next year he began Latin, having meanwhile digested Herodotus, Xenophon, Diogenes, Laertius,
Only The Dead
War is hell. On Wednesday, officials from western nations began warning citizens stranded in Afghanistan to stay away from Kabul’s international airport, especially the gates,
An Atrocity Against Human Progress And Reason
Cases keep rising, and people keep dying, but Americans are a stubborn bunch. Stubborn is a euphemism. The latest polling data from Gallup showed vaccine
America’s Cold Civil War
When, however, inequality reaches the critical point, when interests diverge so much that consensus is no longer attainable, the bonding tissue that keeps society together
Booster Clarion Call: Reasoning With The ‘Other’ Half
It’s probably best if you get a booster shot, US health officials reckon. “The available data make very clear that protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection begins
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