The Content of our Discontent
Thursday Throughput: Doomsday Rock Edition
You may have heard an asteroid is headed our way? Do we need to worry? The short answer is no. The long answer is in this week’s video:
Deficits, Debt, and DOGE
Do I agree with everything Elon Musk is doing with DOGE? Absolutely not. Is something like what he is doing necessary at this point? Yes.
The USAID Fight Is About Power, Not Spending
If you’re a constitutionalist, you should be very nervous. If you’re a Trump supporter, maybe the alligator will eat you last.
Off With Their (Over)heads: Trump Administration at War with Public Health
This is an Administration at war with public health and medical research.
Kansas City wants to Score the first Threepeat against the Philadelphia Eagles in New Orleans
I hope you have enough queso.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Thunder Road Vendetta!
It’s a fun game that rewards ruthless aggression and everybody will have a hoot when the chain reactions start.
POETS Day! John Keats at Last, Apparently
Young and tragic opens doors. Today he’s considered one of the greatest poets in the English language.
US Presidents as Dogs
No, not as in some of the President of the United States’s personal behaviors, but comparing the leaders of America with breeds of dogs
Spaghetti on the Wall: Tariffs and Free Trade
For those who want to take on Leviathan and raise hell about any and every thumb messing with and fouling up measurements, Godspeed.
Keynesian Beauty Contests, Schelling Points, and the Omnicause
Guys, It’s Time For Some Game Theory
Welcome to the Quagmire
As is his habit, Trump is thinking like an autocrat rather than the leader of a democratic republic. We’ll see how far it gets him.