Exploring bleeding edge experiments, oddities, new and bizarre dicoveries, and fact-checking conspiracy theories since 2008. No question is out of bounds and no topic is too strange for a deep dive.
# politics
Economic theory and reality keep colliding as the Great Recession unfolds, and Wall Street keeps pretending that the theory is winning.
# politics
Science is the first thing politicians cut and the last thing they fund. They're trading short term cash for long term growth.
# politics
Arguments against preventing another Great Recession by cracking down on banks' careless behavior are full of cherry-picking and bad faith.
# politics
Capitalism is a tool, not a deity to be worshipped, much less with the inherent arrogance of Objectivism.