Information Consumption

“Without help, Lebanon is going to become a failed state."

The five and a half hour long hearing on Capitol Hill offered a stunning illustration of the extent of misdeeds by big tech

PEABODY — Mayor Ted Bettencourt used a bit of levity Wednesday amid the coronavirus pandemic and the economic uncertainty it created to declare a water emergency and voluntary water restrictions

In just over two months, the Northeast has gone from the country’s worst coronavirus hot spot to its most controlled. “It’s acting like Europe,” one expert said.

7-Eleven franchises are the canary in the coal mine.

We laughed at the Republican busybody who couldn't joke, declared war on dirty paintings, and peered through your bedroom window. Now that person has switched sides, and nobody's laughing

At a hearing Wednesday, Ocasio-Cortez demanded that Facebook “fact-check” political statements and “take down lies,” endorsing calls by the intelligence agencies for technology companies to censor the internet.

By Lambert Strether of Corrente I’m afraid this is a post where I did indeed catch a bird, just not the one that I intended to catch. I had thought to write a post the Mekong River part of the biosphere (as with coral, mangroves, soil, and algae in Lake Erie) but as it turned …

SNAP spending, liability protections for restaurants and meatpacking companies, and pork barrel spending are all on the table.

How and Why Bankers Still Enjoy a Global Rescue Network

Bari Weiss, who until this week was an opinion editor at the New York Times, has signed two famous letters lately: (1) the “Harper’s letter,” which argued against cancel culture and was...

“Modern Housing,” by Catherine Bauer, argued—as many activists do today—that a decent home should be seen as a public utility and a basic right.

Market power is everywhere. Really. It's getting strange out there.

Bye!

The coming eviction crisis is a preventable disgrace.