Reading List
(updated infrequently)
- Gulag Archipelago, Solzhenitsyn (whitney + willets translation, abr ericson)
- Emperor of Ocean Park, Carter
- State of Fear, Crichton
- Catherine House, Thomas
- Guilty Minds, Finder
- What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, Murakami
- The Huntress, Quinn
- Something in the Water, Steadman
- Bitter Orange, Fuller
- The Burden of Proof, Turow
Articles, updated almost weekly
- ‘Keto’ molecule may hamper colorectal cancer growthby Brandon Lausch-Penn on May 10, 2022 at 12:56 am
A molecule produced in the liver in response to low-carb “ketogenic” diets has a powerful effect in suppressing colorectal tumor growth and may be useful as a preventive and treatment of such cancers, according to a new study with mice. In the study in Nature researchers […]
- How cooperatives improve small town economiesby Becky McCray on May 9, 2022 at 11:02 am
Cooperatives can play a big role in small towns, providing products and services to fill gaps as well as giving local people a share of ownership. Oneota Co-op Grocery. Decorah, Iowa. Photo CC by Jason Riedy Rural cooperatives go way back Rural areas have a long history with […]
- Study: Immigrants in the U.S. are more likely to start firms, create jobsby Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office on May 9, 2022 at 11:00 am
Immigrants to the U.S. are more likely to start businesses than native-born Americans are, according to a study that takes a wide-ranging look at registered businesses across the country. Co-authored by an MIT economist, the study finds that, per capita, immigrants are […]
- Economic World War: Who Benefits And How Much Time Is Left?by Tyler Durden on May 7, 2022 at 2:31 pm
Economic World War: Who Benefits And How Much Time Is Left? Authored by Brandon Smith, I have been warning about an inevitable East vs. West economic war for many years now. The question was never a matter of likelihood, it was always just a matter of timing. […]
- China Has 'Financial Nuclear Bombs' If West Levies Russia-Style Sanctions, Beijing Warnsby Tyler Durden on May 7, 2022 at 2:24 pm
China Has 'Financial Nuclear Bombs' If West Levies Russia-Style Sanctions, Beijing Warns Multiple analysts at Chinese state-linked think tanks and banks have weighed in on the Biden administration's recent threats to punish the world's second-largest economy over […]
- New York City Eliminates the Rules That Govern Art and Other Auctionsby Graham Bowley and Robin Pogrebin on May 3, 2022 at 9:34 pm
Auction houses like Sotheby’s and Christie’s will no longer need to be licensed as part of a sweeping package designed to promote a business-friendly climate.
- Physicists Pin Down How Quantum Uncertainty Sharpens Measurementsby Ben Brubaker on May 3, 2022 at 2:27 pm
Scientific progress has been inseparable from better measurements. Before 1927, only human ingenuity seemed to limit how precisely we could measure things. Then Werner Heisenberg discovered that quantum mechanics imposes a fundamental limit on the precision of some simultaneous […]
- US & Ukraine Contract With Private Sector Spy Firms To Target Moscow's Forcesby Tyler Durden on May 2, 2022 at 7:33 pm
US & Ukraine Contract With Private Sector Spy Firms To Target Moscow's Forces Authored by Kyle Anzalone via AntiWar.com, The Wall Street Journal reports that the US, Ukraine, and its allies are paying companies with spy satellites to collect intelligence […]
- European Stocks Slammed After "Very Substantial Transaction" Sparks Nordic Markets Flash-Crashby Tyler Durden on May 2, 2022 at 7:32 pm
European Stocks Slammed After "Very Substantial Transaction" Sparks Nordic Markets Flash-Crash Shortly before 4amET, European stock markets suddenly puked down to last week's lows with no obvious technical and news-driven catalyst... The source of the […]
- Bill Hwang Arrested: Archegos Owner Charged With Racketeering, Securities And Wire Fraudby Tyler Durden on April 27, 2022 at 5:05 pm
Bill Hwang Arrested: Archegos Owner Charged With Racketeering, Securities And Wire Fraud After the spectacular collapse of Archegos Capital Management, the SEC announced last October that they were investigating whether the firm engaged in market manipulation. […]
- The Russia-NATO Cyber War Is Escalating Fastby Tyler Durden on April 24, 2022 at 3:36 pm
The Russia-NATO Cyber War Is Escalating Fast Authored by Nick Corbishley via NakedCapitalism.com, Fears are rising that the boundaries of the cyber war between Russia and NATO could soon spread beyond Europe. Eight cybersecurity authorities from the […]
- BBC Lauds Implantable Microchip "Wallet"by Tyler Durden on April 24, 2022 at 3:35 pm
BBC Lauds Implantable Microchip "Wallet" Authored by Steve Watson via Summit News, This is totally normal. The BBC reporting on people getting implanted with microchips in their arms in order to buy things. The article reads like an advert for the […]
- Economically-Free States Are Recovering Rapidly. High-Control States, Not So Much...by Tyler Durden on April 24, 2022 at 3:30 pm
Economically-Free States Are Recovering Rapidly. High-Control States, Not So Much... Authored by Vance Ginn and Erik Randolph via RealClear Policy (emphasis ours), The fact that our nation’s unemployment rate is approaching the low rate of 3.5% that was […]
- Trashing The Constitution To Seize Russians' Propertyby Tyler Durden on April 24, 2022 at 3:13 pm
Trashing The Constitution To Seize Russians' Property Authored by Adam Dick via The Ron Paul Institute, In his March 1 State of the Union speech, President Joe Biden threatened, in a comment directed to people he termed “Russian oligarchs,” that “we […]
- China's Xi Echoes Putin In Proposal For New "Global Security Initiative" Amid Mounting International Criticismby Tyler Durden on April 23, 2022 at 1:21 am
China's Xi Echoes Putin In Proposal For New "Global Security Initiative" Amid Mounting International Criticism Authored by Dorothy Li via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Chinese leader Xi Jinping on April 21 took several veiled swipes at Washington and […]
- "Pandemic Treaty" Will Hand WHO Keys To Global Governmentby Tyler Durden on April 23, 2022 at 1:19 am
"Pandemic Treaty" Will Hand WHO Keys To Global Government Authored by Kit Knightly via Off-Guardian.org, The first public hearings on the proposed “Pandemic Treaty” are closed, with the next round due to start in mid-June. We’ve been trying to keep […]
- 2 Russian Oligarchs Found Dead Just One Day Apartby Tyler Durden on April 22, 2022 at 8:06 pm
2 Russian Oligarchs Found Dead Just One Day Apart The bodies of two Russian oligarchs were found dead alongside their wives and children just one day apart, according to a handful of media reports. The first was Vladislav Avayev, formerly vice president of […]
- Hidden Motives In Lawby Robin Hanson on April 22, 2022 at 8:00 pm
In our book The Elephant in the Brain, Hidden Motives in Everyday Life, Kevin Simler and I first review the reasons to expect humans to often have hidden motives, and then we describe our main hidden motives in each of ten areas of life. In each area, we start with the usual […]
- Obama, Clinton Rail Against Free Speech Under Guise Of Fighting 'Misinformation'by Tyler Durden on April 22, 2022 at 7:56 pm
Obama, Clinton Rail Against Free Speech Under Guise Of Fighting 'Misinformation' Over the last 24 hours, former President Barack Obama and twice-failed presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton have come out against free speech - calling for big tech to go further to […]
- Let the Fantastic Beasts Movies Dieby Shirley Li on April 20, 2022 at 7:14 pm
This article contains spoilers for Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore. The final showdown in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is supposed to be epic. Albus Dumbledore, the mighty wizard played by Jude Law, comes face-to-face with his former lover turned […]