~by Sean Paul Kelley Couple of random notes this Friday morning, mostly economics related, some silver news and my personal reaction to portions of the discusssion in Ian’s “Is Virtue An Advantage Or Disadvantage For Societies?” post. First, econonomics. It looks more and more like we are heading into a 2008-style credit crisis/crunch. Don’t believe […]
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February 27th, 2026: TORONTO IS STILL WET AND MY COMPL . A classic textbook example of the ‘Table 2 Fallacy’ in economics arises when estimating the return to education and misinterpreting regression coefficients. Suppose an economist wishes to estimate the causal effect of an additional year of schooling on earnings and estimates If the estimated coefficient is small and statistically insignificant, the economist might conclude […]
ICE agents pretended to be New York Police Department officers to get into Columbia housing, a member of the New York city council said. The post Zohran Mamdani Kept Columbia Student in New York — Then Phoned With Trump to Secure Her Release appeared first on The Intercept. A memoir interwoven with historical research that might leave you wondering if anything really changes in these United States.
In pursuit of defeating death, Alan has dedicated his life to cryonics. He hopes to be defrosted together with his wife - by Aeon Video
Burhan Sönmez, now the president of PEN International, was a rising human rights lawyer in Turkey. A brutal assault nearly killed him – and propelled him to a life in literature - by Kaya Genç The Supreme Court ruled Trump’s tariffs illegal. Now comes the messy question: Who will pay — and who gets paid back?
By killing tariff transparency, Trump and Bezos made it harder for Americans to prove what they paid — and easier for corporations to keep any refunds.
Democrats stayed seated as Trump attacked trans kids at the State of the Union. With midterms coming, there’s more where that came from. The post Democrats Should Never Again Rise to Trump’s Anti-Trans Bait appeared first on The Intercept. An industry-backed lawmaker’s proposal could undercut state efforts to loosen Wall Street’s grip on the housing market — while carving out exemptions for large investors.
We have a very odd spectacle right now: Anthropic’s CEO has said the US government cannot use Anthropic products if they will not guarantee that they won’t be used for autonomous military robots (firing without human intervention) or mass surveillance. The Pentagon has responded by threatening to eminent domain Claude, and make their own version. […]
A year since his legal victory — and after six judges recused themselves — Glossip is asking a new trial judge to release him from jail. The post A Supreme Court Win Didn’t Free Richard Glossip. But This Judge Could. appeared first on The Intercept.
The meticulous preparation and fleeting ecstasy of elite high-diving captured in all its breathtaking shapes and sounds - by Aeon Video Carlo Masala’s short work of speculative fiction, If Russia Wins: A Scenario, was a bestseller when it was published in Germany last year. Masala is a professor of international relations at the Bundeswehr University in Munich, having previously served as deputy director of research at the NATO Defence College in Rome. Since 2022, he has […]
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