When I was a graduate student, it wasn’t unusual to do a postdoc in the UK or in Europe. If you wanted a permanent position in the US, though, this meant you’d have to do a second postdoc back in the US. I know of several people who took this path. Now, thanks to the […]
The Trump Administration cuts $1 billion from food banks in order to fund tax cuts for the 1% and corporations. “Food banks across New England are scrambling after the Trump administration this month cut some $1 billion from programs that help them obtain food for distribution, increasing concerns about meeting demand when hunger is already […]
Consumer Research is a leader in the right-wing anti-ESG campaign against “woke capitalism,” spending millions of dollars to publicly shame Fortune 500 CEOs and pressure firms against taking a stand on social justice and political issues. It received millions since 2019 from DonorsTrust, a dark money organization closely tied to Leonard Leo’s dark money network. Once again […]
Both Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Democratic Sen. Patty Murray (WA) wrote a letter protesting a key decision made by Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought about the continuing resolution passed to avert a government shutdown on March 14. The issue? The partial distribution of emergency funding as determined by Trump after it […]
– by New Deal democrat This week’s look at initial jobless claims includes seasonal revisions made to the data for the last five years. Fortunately, they appear to be very minor. So let’s take our typical look. On a weekly basis, initial claims declined -1,000 to 224,000, and the four week moving average declined -4,750 to […]
Well it is not the Wings. A failed attempt by the Trump’s administration to get a Greenland resident to host a visit by J. D. The real reason Trump’s Vance visit to Greenland did not occur. No resident of Greenland would host the visit. I think the ship was already sailing when they were going […]
Pete Hegseth was a DEI hire. GOP affirmative action to insure that incompetent alcoholics aren’t discriminated against. Here’s Mike Brock (paywalled, so no link) on the colossal blunder that is Pete Hegseth: “The core argument against DEI initiatives has always been straightforward: institutions should hire based on merit alone, without regard for demographic considerations. That […]
Lauren Egan writes . . . How Democrats faced a Joe Biden litmus test. But now could they also face a Chuck Schumer litmus test? In an interview with Politico . . . Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow (who is widely expected to announce a bid next week to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Gary Peters) said the Democratic party […]
More of a detailed explanation on the “Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers’ Research” now before SCOTUS. It appears two justices could join the three justices who are in the minority much of the time. The topic before the court is “nondelegation.” and the limitational of authority by Congress to delegate power to federal agencies. “Kavanaugh […]
– by New Deal democrat Last week I explored how past episodes of sharp increases in politic uncertainty, and decreases in consumer confidence, had played out in the hard data as to both production and consumption. The upshot was that consumers tended to react first, with about a one quarter delay, and producers tended to […]