My words of advice to anyone, do not inject yourself into anything involving the police if you can avoid it. You will go to jail. You will go to court. You will spend money. You will be stressed out even if you win. If you can without being noticed, copy conversations to report or back […]
1. A recent study showed that even people with mild COVID infections have a loss of blood vessel elasticity comparable to someone five years older. 2. A recent study showed that fragments of Sars-CoV-2 viral proteins—particularly the RNA replicase protein—can be found in circulating vesicles months after a COVID infection and could contribute to the […]
– by New Deal democrat Initial jobless claims have been relatively subdued for the past month. Some have suggested that this is a byproduct of the large immigrant deportations which have recently taken place. Last week I noted that, “comparing the SA and NSA readings in the past several months suggests that [unresolved seasonality] has affected […]
RFK Jr isn’t exactly wrong about how Americans need to improve their diets. But vilifying ultraprocessed foods and food dyes won’t do it. The actual problem is that most Americans get too many of their calories from fat, sugar and red meat, when they should get most of their calories from fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts […]
Just finished Ron Chernow’s biography of Samuel Clemens, “Mark Twain.” I had previously read his biographies of John D. Rockefeller and Alexander Hamilton, so I knew I would like this book. In addition, I attended an interview he gave in Harford during his book tour, and he made me look forward to reading the book […]
Politics and Prejudices and other musings Jack Lessenberry is a columnist residing in Michigan. We never met when I was in Michigan. Recently, w,e have been having an ongoing dialogue back and forth. Next time I venture to Chicago, I will make the run over to Ann Arbor. Many good things came out of Whitmer […]
– by New Deal democrat In this month’s report on new home sales for July, the most important news was at the tail end, which I’ll get to last. As per my usual intro, while new home sales are the most leading measure of the housing market, they are very noisy and heavily revised – which […]
From an interview with Jacob Lew, Obama’s Treasury Secretary, Biden’s ambassador to Israel: When you would call them in the middle of the night and say, “What on earth happened?,” what was usually the answer? The general pattern was that in-the-moment stories were inaccurate, and that the Israeli military and government establishment were not in […]
In my last post I discussed how the Democrats might use whatever leverage they have in the upcoming congressional budget negotiations. Here I want to circle back to the problem I flagged at the beginning of that post: Trump and congressional Republicans might well renege on any deal, either by refusing to expend appropriated funds, […]
Joyce Vance touches upon a scary topic. The government under Tr__p’s tutelage over our lives is taking a turn for the worst. Not happy with being a president governing a nation, his government is in the process of rounding up people that may not fit the classification of being citizens. Intermingled with them are children […]