Reagan Judge Gets Poetic In Slapping Down Donald Trump’s Effort To Rewrite The Constitution – Above the Law Seattle-based district court Judge John Coughenour — appointed to the federal bench by noted lefty President Ronald Reagan — is already on record that he is not at all a fan of Donald Trump’s unilateral effort to rewrite the […]
The Trump administration just slashed NIH grants. I think this terrible policy shift is entirely constitutional and legal. I think it is also a severe (entirely deliberate) blow to US Universities and a possibly fatal blow to biomedical research institutions. The new policy limits funds for overhead to 15% of the amount directly granted to […]
– by New Deal democrat My “Weekly Indicators” post is up at Seeking Alpha. Mainly more of the same ; the majority of short leading and coincident indicators are positive, while the long leading background is ever so slowly improving. As usual, clicking over and reading will reward you with knowing the state of the economy […]
In 2006 Joel Garreau wrote “300 Million and Counting” in the Smithsonian. It was then in the United States we were at a replacement rate of 2.01. Joel and I exchanged emails on the topic. Immigration is an important factor influencing the economy. The nation was barely replacing itself. It has dropped lower in 2024 to […]
Calling on Repubs in Districts won by Biden to influence the Vote on the USAID, Medicaid, and to stand up to Trump. They might be scared and influenceable. It only takes 2 (soon to be one) voting with Democrats. Personally, I am interested in asking them to stand up to Trump, save USAID and vote […]
Late afternoon yesterday, I found myself heading north to the other side of Phoenix to meet up with the author of The Bonddad Blog known as the New Deal democrat. The traffic was not terrible then. I planned to share a small pizza with him at Pomos pizzeria if he was up for it. Pomo […]
Indirect costs on research grants represent charges to cover the administration of grant funds; heating, cooling, water, gas, fume hoods and other centralized infrastructure; building and grounds security; facility maintenance and custodial services. Historically, these have been negotiated every two years between each institution and the NIH depending on the proportion of infrastructure devoted to […]
They go without, show up at ERs, or go to overcrowded Clinics. The costs of the first two end up being far more than a healthcare plan. And at clinics the healthcare may be less because of less resource. It really makes a lot of sense for a state to do this also. In the […]
Didn’t that used to be a car? Wait a minute that was Dodge . . . Why is Doge any different than scammers attacking your credit card, etc.? Where are the courts on all of this. And our Congress? They can not be immune to a court saying no. Consumer Advocates Decry Musk ‘Minions’ as […]
I have not seen where the Senate has confirmed RFK (in name only) yet. Maybe it is happening as I type this commentary? A few thoughts come to pass as I read certain articles. There always seem to be a few amongst the Democrats who will shoot the party and themselves in their respective feet […]