Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- NATO or BRICS - a tale of two conferences.
- Michael Wade: A novel way to learn about people. People skills are key and classic books may prove the answer,
- China is co-opting climate scientists. This is my shocked face!
- Stop saying, "We need to pay for the tax cuts." Taxes pay for the spending, not tax cuts.
...As it happened, federal contractors were soon prohibited from night work for women and child laborers. Other than mere legislation and enforcement, larger government expenditures gave policy makers the lever of the purse to influence industrial behavior. Thanks to the navy, the government became one large, demanding customer.
Can be argued that this is when it all changed. Federal regulations and the birth of the military industrial complex.
More stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.
- Broadcasters victorious as judge rules against Locast. Service still streaming but I wonder for how much longer (I use Locast for some live sports - particularly football).
- Steven Pressfield: Elevating the Threshold of Panic (more Fighter Pilot Wisdom)
- Noah Smith: Why is the Squad attacking Jerome Powell? Their number one stated reason is because they want the Fed more active in climate change. It's like the Squad wants to be cartoon Ayn Rand villains.
- Highways and Bridges are Not Crumbling. "Congress should ditch the highway portion of the plan and instead shift all regional and local highway and bridge maintenance (and construction) responsibilities back to the states and cities." Agree 100%. (HT Newmark's Door)