Economy
Someone Stupid Heads From South Carolina to DC
The South Carolina special election to replace the late, great, peace-loving US Senator Lindsey Graham was held last…
This American City Perfected Clean Water for Beer — Now It’s Fighting to Keep Cancer-Causing Nitrates Out of the Tap
Yves here. This post uses Chippewa Falls as a case study in how a vigilant municipality took steps…
Imperialist Realism and American Empire
“May you live in interesting times.” So says the apocryphal Chinese proverb that may well have been more…
Links 8/26/2026 Plus Iran War Note
Dear patient readers, Your humble blogger did not want to compete with a fine Iran conflict background article…

Links 8/28/2026 | naked capitalism
A few brief notes. First, the mods, writers, and many readers have recently noticed the absence of regular…
Russia’s Arctic Route | naked capitalism
Yves here. Readers were very receptive to and impressed by the first post by Joseph Busby of Reality…

















