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See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here. This entry was posted in Guest Post, Links on About Lambert Strether Readers, I have had a correspondent characterize my views as realistic cynical. Let me briefly explain them. I believe in universal programs that provide concrete material benefits, especially to the working class. Medicare for All is the prime example, but tuition-free college and a Post Office Bank also fall under this heading. So do a Jobs Guarantee and a Debt Jubilee. Cle...

Bonus antidote: A herd of wild Asian elephants has been wandering through cities in southwest China ������ Authorities are baffled as to why they have travelled so far from home https://t.co/C9fh99Yl9tpic.twitter.com/ePpk4KY4nP This is an elephant epic. I hope they arrive at their destination safely. See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here. This entry was posted in Guest Post, Links on About Lambert Strether Readers, I have had a correspondent characterize my views as rea...

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Germany authorizes pipe-laying for Nord Stream 2 in its waters TASS and Scoop: Biden to waive sanctions on company in charge of Nord Stream 2 Axios. ZOMG Putin has kompromat on Biden ZOMG ZOMG. Does not make sense IMO. Especially with possible return of Iranian energy on world market. Only way maybe it does, is if some got spooked by the gas shortage caused by the recent hack attack and the political folk in Team Dem overruled the warmongers in this instance because they’re not happy with re-...

>On Mars, and in Texas, Engineering is Peer-Reviewed by Reality Issues – (fk) Our question is simpler: why are we willing to invest in putting a rover on Mars but not in the mundane responsibility of keeping the nation’s infrastructure in good shape? We are yet to resolve this conundrum. It’s more than just a “conundrum” it’s the fundamental characteristic in mankind’s bloody history and lies at the heart of psychology and religion. E.O. Wilson comes to mind. He approaches the qu...

This blog was fourteen years old yesterday too, but we were too busy to make noise about it then. I hope you’ll give a big round of applause to everyone who has helped us get through a year that has been daunting even for the well situated: Lambert, Jerri-Lynn, Hubert Horan, John Siman, Thomas Neuburger, Michael Olenick, Clive, and our new contributor Nick Corbishley, our comments DJ Jules Dickson and our tech mavens Dave Jagoda and Keith Freeman. We also want to thank our commentariat, who...