. As the author of several books on the history of economic thought, yours truly cannot help but applaud Murphy’s plea for the importance of studying this field. In many works of doctrinal history, there is a tendency to read history backwards, focusing only on those theories and thinkers who appear to anticipate today’s established […]
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.Johan Asplund (1937–2018) was one of Sweden’s foremost and most original sociologists. When yours truly was a young student in the 1970s, taking a few courses in sociology, one of my great sources of inspiration was Johan Asplund’s wonderful little book On Saturation Processes (1967). I believe the feeling many of us harbour towards the […]
Misleading ads get muted, universal child care is here, a tech company gets caught cheating, and tenants step up.
Forced displacement inflicts a staggering emotional toll on families in Gaza. It also brings steep economic costs.
The post Israel Gives Evacuation Orders Before a Bombing. Many Gazan Families Can’t Afford to Leave. appeared first on The Intercept.
This visionary new initiative would do more than save the ocean. It would regenerate it.
The post The Deep Ocean Is a Global Public Good appeared first on Nautilus.
Homebuilding giant Lennar has launched an e-marketplace, with a potential “kickback scheme,” to help corporate landlords buy up properties and raise rents.
Sixteen states have bucked new Trump restrictions and allow all residents to receive COVID-19 vaccines, but major pharmacy chains’ websites still say otherwise.
As soon as he was shot, before he was even pronounced dead, Charlie Kirk was...
Carr’s most pronounced quality is his total fealty to Donald Trump — and he’s been busy weaponizing the FCC for the cause.
The post Why FCC Chief Brendan Carr May Be the Most Dangerous Man in Media appeared first on The Intercept.
By Nat Wilson Turner Former POTUS Barack Obama tweeted about the firing of late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel: This commentary offers a clear, powerful statement of why freedom of speech is at the heart of democracy and must be defended, whether the speaker is Charlie Kirk or Jimmy Kimmel, MAGA supporters or MAGA opponents. […]
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1. “And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God… unless of course that rich man makes over $10 million a year, in which case his wealth will create jobs in the Kingdom of Heaven.” (Matthew 19:24)
2. “He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. Oh wait, is she trying to get an abortion? Give me that stone.” (John 8:7)
3. “Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second commandment is ‘Don’t let trans people compete in women’s sports.’” (Matthew 22:37–40)
4. “Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. But especially blessed are those who launch preemptive strikes in the Middle East, for that definitely won’t end badly.” (Matthew 5:9)
5. “Judge not, that ye be not judged. In fact, the judicial branch really shouldn’t be telling the president what to do at all.” (Matthew 7:1)
My beloved veterinarian’s office apparently moved to a new office location without informing customers. They also changed phone systems. The new phone system doesn’t work, and they didn’t leave a forwarding message on the old phone system. You call, leave a message, never hear back, and never learn what’s become of the business. Our oldest […]
The post Everybody’s lost it, Part I appeared first on Jeffrey Zeldman Presents.
News organisations are completely failing to represent the concerns of people of colour amid the rise of far-right groups and open racism, writes Helena Wadia
Companies making drones and camouflage allegedly used by the Israeli military operate in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Activists want them out.
The post Why Is New York City Leasing Space to Israeli Military Suppliers? appeared first on The Intercept.
As Ed Davey's Party gathers for its annual conference, Neal Lawson asks whether the party can still prosper in an increasingly illiberal political era
The president describes a cartoonish fantasy of a George Soros-backed criminal network. If only the left were that good at collective defense.
The post Trump’s Idea of the Criminal Left Is a Fiction. A Coordinated Defense Against His Fascism Shouldn’t Be. appeared first on The Intercept.
“It feels like there’s this river running underneath my whole life.
It’s always there; I just have to step into it.”
Too many promising breakthroughs in women’s health research stall out due to a lack of funding. I’m trying to remove the roadblock for just one.
With apologies to Three Dog Night.
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In the wake of recent events, we feel it’s time to speak up. We’ve heard your calls for a statement on the subject of Jeremiah, a bullfrog we’ve long referred to as our friend. Your comments, your direct messages, and your anthrax threats have all prompted us to take action.
Last week, Jeremiah the Bullfrog was convicted of severely harmful crimes and was sentenced to life in prison. Please believe us when we tell you that we were as shocked as you to learn of what could at best be described as a lapse in judgment, and at worst as a psychotic and unfrogivable series of misdeeds.
We initially kept our silence to keep from shifting the spotlight away from the victims and to allow justice to run its course. Now that the trial has ended in a conviction, we feel it’s time to share a truth that has troubled us for a long time:
Jeremiah was, in fact, a mere acquaintance.
~by Sean Paul Kelley In the aftermath of the 1905 Russo-Japanese War, US president Teddy Roosevelt brought together negotiators from Russia and Japan to hammer out a peace. This was the first time the US was ever seen as an ‘honest broker’ in international relations. In 1919 President Wilson sailed to Paris with his 14 […]
The British working class are politically homeless. Their traditional party, founded by the trade unions, has turned its back on the people who built this country, and without whom it could not operate. In its place have emerged a string of opportunists claiming to be the voice of the average punter, but whose credentials just […]