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Vandals
We are witnessing the wholesale destruction of institutions that created the conditions of our prosperity.
Voodoo Economics
Voodoo Economics
Uncertainty is the enemy of capital expenditure, and we are more uncertain than ever about our economic future.
Words
Word of the Day: Connivance
The willingness to allow or be secretly involved in something bad or illegal
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Hidden cost of AI
What does the world look like when you can't trust anything you see or hear? We already live in a world where the "news" media feed rivers of manipulated and selectively highlighted slop. "Initially it will feel like cheating, but if we win, nobody will
Voodoo Economics
Angry Bear: Tooth Fairy Tariffs
"Trump claims his tariffs will bring in $3 trillion, enough to pay for the Big Beautiful Bill and also lower the national debt. This is magical thinking." Trump’s voodoo economics - Angry BearRead about Trump’s voodoo economicsAngry BearJoel Eissenberg
Sounds
Bach: Happy times
Kantate: Erfreute Zeit im neuen Bunde, 1. Aria, BWV 83
Words
Word of the Day: Pleonexia
And so we are launched into an era of lurid pleonexia.
Words
Word of the Day: Elozable
Readily influenced by flattery
Words
Word of the Day: Execrable
The senator's hold on the execrable Ed Martin was a huge mitzvah for which history will give him credit.
People
Shootout on the Rails
The town marshall was summoned to arrest two notorious bandits. It didn't go well.
Sounds
Desert Island: Jessye Norman
If I were to be stranded on a desert island for 10 years and could take only 5 CDs with me, they would all feature Jessye Norman. Sure, there are many other singers I enjoy listening to, but none more than Jessye Norman. This is a 1986 recording of a
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Eliot Higgins: Demanufacturing Consent
Actors of various types use the lenses provided by information media, with an impact amplified by social media and twisted by algorithmic distortion, to pursue wealth and power through deceit.