– by New Deal democrat We are still suffering the data aftereffects of the government shutdown. Normally we begin each month with reports on both construction spending as well as manufacturing. But the construction report even now has only been updated through August, and won’t be updated for September and October until January 21. And […]
Or Family First? The existing patten? When working couples start a family, many will face some life changing choices over time. For example, how much time they will re-invest to home rather than to work. Also, they will decide which one will make the bigger investment to family and home over work. What this rather […]
While one could name some Republicans (both dead and alive) more responsible than others, it is the party as a whole that is responsible for Donald J Trump, the gutting of democracy, … the tearing down of America. This all goes back to its southern strategy — when it sold its soul — and, includes […]
– by New Deal democrat My “Weekly Indicators” post is up at Seeking Alpha. As 2025 ended, all of the important trends seemed to intensify. The US$ is down 10% YoY by one measure, commodities are higher by the same or more, oil prices continued to fade, and the recent waning in the YoY growth of withholding […]
Typically, it does take more than one clinical study to insure . . . A lower number of Clinical Studies: WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration plans to begin requiring one clinical study, instead of the standard two, for medical products before consideration for approval, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary announced late in 2025. While historically the […]
The definition of insanity is making the same mistake over and expecting a different outcome. By that definition, the Trump coup in Venezuela is insane. Maduro was a corrupt and illegitimate ruler. And the same was true of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. Bush deposed Saddam, freeing Iraq from one nightmare but plunging it into another. […]
Partial of a recent immigration article in Newsweek. “Trump said he wants more Nordic immigrants. (A) Norwegian man’s reply goes viral,” (Newsweek): In reply to President Trump’s request for more northern European immigrants coming to the United states? One northern European said in reply to immigrating to the United States . . . Lund: “I […]
– by New Deal democrat There is no new noteworthy data today; and the ISM manufacturing index, normally released on the first workday of each month, won’t be released until Monday, so today is an ideal time to check in on the state of the economy in general, and of housing in particular, at the […]
Intro . . . Pulling from the CDC and University of Minnesota for details on what appears to be a Measles outbreak in the United States. A recent outbreak occurring in multiple states include Arizona where I reside today. The outbreak in Arizona was or is still growing. Sixty-five percent of the cases are with […]
I started college at the dawning of the age of cloning. Recombinant DNA technology represented the transition from descriptive molecular biology to genetic engineering. By the time I started teaching medical students, the genes mutated in terrible diseases like cystic fibrosis, Tay-Sachs, hemophilia and Fragile X were being cloned. There was always an obligatory paragraph […]