And undermine public health in the process I ran across Merrill and his words at the Washington Monthly magazine. He is another person writing on Healthcare and its issues. This particular article is on the mark in terms of what is occurring in pharmaceutical healthcare today. Kip, Merrill, and I are all hitting similar notes […]
AAR: March Rail Carloads and Intermodal Decreased Year-over-year by Calculated Risk on 4/07/2023 03:25:00 PM From the Association of American Railroads (AAR) Rail Time Indicators. Graphs and excerpts reprinted with permission by AAR to Bill McBride. Click on graph for larger image. This graph from the Rail Time Indicators report shows the six-week average of U.S. Carloads in 2021, 2022 and […]
Scenes from the March employment report 2: unemployment recession indicators – by New Deal democrat A reminder: I may be offline for the next couple of days. In the meantime, yesterday I looked at the 5 leading indicators contained in the employment report, and summarized how they either signal recession now or within the next […]
Editorial by Ten Bears at Homeless on the High Desert. Ten Bears is reviewing the politics or the changing of the rules in Montana for the 2024 Senatorial Election. And changing the rules only for 2024. Sounds almost like Wisconsin plans to impeach a newly elect Supreme Cour Justice. They Can Only “Win” by Cheating […]
Not sure where these critters come from; but, it sure is tiring. One person lacking the foundation for making such a decision is allowed to make the decision only because of his status. If he has a legal background (???), he knows he is wrong So much for “leave it up to the states:” Right-wing […]
Scenes from the March employment report 1: leading sector indicators – by New Deal democrat There’s no significant economic news this week until Wednesday’s CPI report, and as a side note, I might be offline for a day or two later this week. In the meantime, today and tomorrow let’s take a look at some […]
We died at Cold Harbor June 1864, an officer of the Iron Brigade. UW had his letters and I was allowed to read them. They were given to me, neatly tied up with a thin ribbon. I was allowed to make copies. It was interesting to read the letters of an ancestor who fought in […]
I split these topics out from my other groupings of things found in my In-Box. I thought I would give it its own post as it considers environmental topics to include poverty, housing, nature, recycling, and business. All of which have an impact on the world we live in today. What is there is how […]
This is relatively old news from almost a year ago. Old news about the media reporting versus reality. Politico carried an interesting article on the direction modern media is taking. The speculation regarding changes of staff and tone at CNN bring to mind the importance of ownership regarding media. There is another story here and […]
Angry Bear readers, commenters, and writers. Have a wonderful Easter day filled with family, friends, good food, lots of fun, and special memories made! Dan and I are gone for the day. Be back on Monday to write, present, and talk again. Best wishes . . .