An Ode in Praise of the Wood Stove
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. My father’s reaction to the oil crisis of 1973 was to install two wood stoves, both downstairs in the enormous house I later came to…
Links 7/3/2022
Lambert and I, and many readers, agree that Ukraine has prompted the worst informational environment ever. We hope readers will collaborate in mitigating the fog of war — both real…
Davos Was a Case Study in How Not to Talk About Climate Change
Lambert here: Unsurprisingly! By Jag Bhalla, a writer and entrepreneur. Originally published at Undark. Science has a resistance to ill-founded assertions embedded deep in its bones. Carl Sagan called this…
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/1/2022
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day Common Nightingale, Taliouline, Morocco. Quite a concert. 28 minutes! * * * Politics Politics Lambert here: One reader suggested changing…
Links 7/1/2022
Lambert and I, and many readers, agree that Ukraine has prompted the worst informational environment ever. We hope readers will collaborate in mitigating the fog of war — both real…
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/30/2022
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Whoops, came unstuck in time, there. Date in title now fixed! –lambert Bird Song of the Day Common Nightingale (golzii), Hunting Cabins, Almaty oblysy, Kazakhstan…
Links 6/30/2022
Lambert and I, and many readers, agree that Ukraine has prompted the worst informational environment ever. We hope readers will collaborate in mitigating the fog of war — both real…
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/29/2022
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day Thrush Nightingale, Podlaskie, Poland. Two nightingales. * * * Politics Lambert here: One reader suggested changing these quotes; I don’t…
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/28/2022
By Lambert Strether of Corrente More soon. –lambert Bird Song of the Day Nightingale Wren, Cayo, Belize. * * * Politics Lambert here: One reader suggested changing these quotes; I…
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/27/2022
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Patient readers, a bit more shortly. The disintegration of our Covid data gathering capabilities is making me think too much. –lambert UPDATE Finished! Bird Song…
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/24/2022
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day Booted Warbler, Ratchaburi, Thailand. Picked from among recordings from Scotland and India. Quite a range! * * * Politics “But…
Links 6/24/2022
Lambert and I, and many readers, agree that Ukraine has prompted the worst informational environment ever. We hope readers will collaborate in mitigating the fog of war — both real…
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/23/2022
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Patient readers, I’m going to go through and beef this up a little. Covid coverage plus 1/6 plus is clogging my filters, and so I’m…
Links 6/23/2022
Lambert and I, and many readers, agree that Ukraine has prompted the worst informational environment ever. We hope readers will collaborate in mitigating the fog of war — both real…
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/22/2022
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Patient readers, I’m going to go through and beef this up a little. Covid coverage plus 1/6 plus is clogging my filters, and so I’m…
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/21/2022
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day Friendly Bush Warbler, Sabah, Malaysia. With forest sounds and a helicopter (?). * * * Politics “But what is government…
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/20/2022
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Patient readers, I must finish up a post on Hillary Clinton’s “Lunch with the FT.” Talk amongst yourselves! –lambert Bird Song of the Day Moustached…
Hillary Clinton’s Lunch with the Financial Times
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. The Financial Times bills “Lunch with the FT” as “a weekly interview with leading cultural and business figures.” The conceit is that an FT reporter…
Links 6/20/2022
Lambert and I, and many readers, agree that Ukraine has prompted the worst informational environment ever. We hope readers will collaborate in mitigating the fog of war — both real…
Buy and Bust: When Private Equity Comes for Rural Hospitals
Lambert here: “Noble,” eh? By Sarah Jane Tribble, Senior Correspondent at Kaiser Health News. Originally published at Kaiser Health News. MEXICO, Mo. — When the new corporate owners of two…
The Fifth Anniversary of the Grenfell Tower Fire, Aesthetics, and Social Murder
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Last week was the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire, which NC has regularly covered, for all those five years (here, here, here, here,…
Links 6/19/2022
Lambert and I, and many readers, agree that Ukraine has prompted the worst informational environment ever. We hope readers will collaborate in mitigating the fog of war — both real…
Climate Deniers and the Language of Climate Obstruction
By Stella Levantesi, an Italian climate journalist, photographer and author. Her book “I bugiardi del clima” (Climate Liars), published in Italy with Laterza, investigates climate change denial history and tactics.…
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/17/2022
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day Chestnut sparrow. Arusha, Tanzania. Calls of a group. This is two weeks of (extremely neat) sparrows. I think next week,…
Links 6/17/2022
Lambert and I, and many readers, agree that Ukraine has prompted the worst informational environment ever. We hope readers will collaborate in mitigating the fog of war — both real…
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/16/2022
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Patient readers, I beefed up the Capitol Seizure section. Bird Song of the Day Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. A chorus. “Sparrow ID Guides…
Links 6/16/2022
Dear readers: Temporarily changing our note at the top of this page to a query– Yves is doing more research on her short list of candidate countries for her hoped-for…
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/15/2022
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Patient readers, I have a household emergency. Please play the birdsong or talk amongst yourselves for ten minutes while I finish up. –lambert UPDATE Finished.…
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/14/2022
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Patient readers, an initial rethink of the Covid section took much more time than I thought, so I will again break my rule and do…
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/13/2022
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Patient readers, there’s a lot going on, and I got wrapped round the axle on Covid, where there was a lot going on. I’m going…
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/10/2022
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Patient readers, I could not get to Stats today because I got wrapped round the axle on the House Capitol seizure hearings. –lambert Bird Song…
Links 6/10/2022
Lambert and I, and many readers, agree that Ukraine has prompted the worst informational environment ever. We hope readers will collaborate in mitigating the fog of war — both real…
January 6/Capitol Seizure House Select Committee Hearings Live Blog/Open Thread
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. The hearings begin at 8:00 EDT. How to watch: Major television networks including ABC, CBS, CNN, and NBC/MSNBC are expected to air the hearings in…
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/9/2022
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day Towhee (hat tip, MT_Wild). Oaxaca, Mexico. If you have a suggestion for a sparrow species, please leave it in comments.…
Links 6/9/2022
Lambert and I, and many readers, agree that Ukraine has prompted the worst informational environment ever. We hope readers will collaborate in mitigating the fog of war — both real…
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/8/2022
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day Dark-eyed Junco (hat tip, MT_Wild). British Columbia, Canada. If you have a suggestion for a sparrow species, please leave it…
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/7/2022
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day White-throated Sparrow (hat tip, Randy). New York, United States. And whole chorus of other birds! If you have a suggestion…
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/6/2022
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Patient readers, I need to finish up a post on brain fog, so this will be an Open Thread. Enjoy! –lambert * * * Contact…
Will “Living With Covid”™ Even Be Possible? (Because What About the Brain Fog?)
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Fortunately, I don’t have long Covid (and the anecdotes below make it clear that I would know if I had it). I don’t have it…
Links 6/6/2022
Lambert and I, and many readers, agree that Ukraine has prompted the worst informational environment ever. We hope readers will collaborate in mitigating the fog of war — both real…
Mobile Internet Access and the Desire to Emigrate
Lambert here: My impression is that mobile technology, penetration, and services are far better in the so-called “Third World” than they are in the United States. Joop Adema, PhD candidate,…
Did New Ambassador Bridget Brink Undermine President Biden’s Ukraine Rockets Policy Her First Day on the Job?
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Spoiler: Readers, you’ll get a throw a flag on the Betteridge’s Law violation. But I’m not completely sure that my chain of logic has no…
Links 6/5/2022
Lambert and I, and many readers, agree that Ukraine has prompted the worst informational environment ever. We hope readers will collaborate in mitigating the fog of war — both real…
Q&A: The Causal Relationship Between Inequality and Climate Change
By Nick Cunningham, an independent journalist covering the oil and gas industry, climate change and international politics. Originally published at DeSmog. Climate change has worsened global inequality, with poorer countries…
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/3/2022
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day Golden-Crowned Sparrow, Alaska, United States. This is Sparrow week at Naked Capitalism (which I think I will continue next week).…
Links 6/3/2022
Lambert and I, and many readers, agree that Ukraine has prompted the worst informational environment ever. We hope readers will collaborate in mitigating the fog of war — both real…
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/2/2022
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day House Sparrow, Texas, United States. “Early morning flock chorus,” plus barking dog. This is Sparrow week at Naked Capitalism. “Sparrow…
Links 6/2/2022
Lambert and I, and many readers, agree that Ukraine has prompted the worst informational environment ever. We hope readers will collaborate in mitigating the fog of war — both real…
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/1/2022
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day Lincoln’s Sparrow, and how we need one (hat tip, drumlin woodchuckles). This is Sparrow week at Naked Capitalism. Ontario, Canada.…
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/31/2022
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day This is Sparrow week at Naked Capitalism. New York, United States. If you’ve spotted any sparrow species, let me know!…