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The past week, over Saturday coffee
My informal weekly coffee klatch with Heather Lofthouse (my former student and Executive Director of Inequality Media) exploring the highs and lows o…
3 years, 8 months ago
How to put guardrails on Twitter, how to stop inflation without a recession, and how to win a war.
Guardrails against dangerous lies on Twitter?
Now that Elon has total control over one of the major ways Americans find out what’s happening (I know,…
3 years, 8 months ago
A conspiracy of quaking, craven cowards
As Trump’s big lie of a stolen election began ricocheting across America in November 2020, Arizona’s Republican attorney general Mark Brnovich (prono…
3 years, 8 months ago
When billionaires talk about freedom, watch your wallets
Elon Musk struck a deal today to buy Twitter for roughly $44 billion, in a victory by the world’s richest man. Twitter agreed to sell itself to Musk …
3 years, 8 months ago
My Saturday coffee klatch with Heather
Another weekly informal conversation with Heather Lofthouse (my former student and now executive director of Inequality Media) on the news of the wee…
3 years, 8 months ago
Zelensky patriotism, Putin patriotism, Trump patriotism
We recoil in horror as Putin and his forces wreak havoc and death on Ukraine — before our eyes and in real time. Both Putin and Ukraine President Zel…
3 years, 8 months ago
Office Hours: How to take on the gun lobby?
Friends,
The United States suffered 10 mass shootings over the past weekend, bringing this year's total of mass shootings to 144 so far. While a major…
3 years, 8 months ago
Why it must happen soon: The United States vs. Donald J. Trump
On Friday, Trump endorsed J.D. Vance in the Ohio Senate Republican primary. This follows his endorsement of Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania’s Senate Republ…
3 years, 8 months ago
Musk, Twitter, Inflation, Putin, and our gift to you of a game
Heather and I had coffee this morning. As before, please pull up a chair.
If you know other people who might enjoy a good conversation over coffee, p…
3 years, 8 months ago
The real reason CBS News hired Mick Mulvaney (and Musk's latest escapade)
Friends, I hope you’re as well as can be expected in these difficult times.
A few days ago I focused on Elon Musk and his designs on Twitter. (Here’s…
3 years, 8 months ago