Sunday, July 20, 2025
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Farewell My Lovely (1975) Run Time: 1H 35M
Farewell My Lovely is a film about a jaded detective Phillip Marlowe and his search for a gangster’s moll named Velma.
Western Life Is Only One Way to Live
The “march of civilization” is the West’s founding myth. And yes, it’s a myth.
Michael Hudson: Today’s Civilizational Conflict
A new article by Michael Hudson, an extract from an upcoming book, gives a long view of colonial exploitation and China as a counter-model
When ‘Coexistence’ Is Co-Opted in Conservation Practice
Coexistence between humans and wildlife is a meaningful goal, but it’s being misused or superficially invoked.
Coffee Break: Garden of Healing, Good News on PEPFAR, Life in Biotech, and Our American Israel
Part the First: Pharmacopeia. Who doesn’t love a garden? It sometimes seems that all drugs come from plants, initially. My first biology teachers claimed they were taught that bacteria were plants back when life was either animal or plant. Garden of Healing is a bit long but very interesting. It is also a break from […]
Good Riddance: CalPERS’ Atrocious General Counsel Matt Jacobs to Retire
A partial catalogue of the horrowshow of Matt Jacob’s tenure as CalPERS general counsel.
The All-Round Madness of Trump’s Tomato Tariffs
The Trump administration accuses Mexico of “dumping” tomatoes on the US — something the US would never dream of doing with the agricultural goods it sends to Mexico (sarc).
Uneven Vulnerabilities: A Global Index of Climate Risk for Countries
A new paper rates 170 countries for climate risk exposure. This ambitious and imporant exercise neverthless seems to have key gaps.
Why Inflation Sticks Around: The Role of Class Warfare in Price Persistence
A new twist on inflation: how workers and corporates trying to preserve their financial position has the effect of perpetuating inflation
The 2016 Coup Attempt Revisited: Türkiye’s Transformation and Its Regional Impact
How the failed 2016 coup transformed Türkiye’s power structure under Erdoğan and reshaped its relationshio to the US and the Middle East
Wars, Taxation, and Increases in Representation
A historical analysis shows that greater representation was a bargain autocratic, here feudal, rulers had to strike to get support for war
