The Republican Party May Be Failing
“The Party Decides,” the 2008 book by the political scientists Marty Cohen, David Karol, Hans Noel and John Zaller, has probably been both the most-cited and th…
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Two Santa Clauses or How The Republican Party Has Conned America for Thirty Years
Goldwater, however, rejected the "liberalism" of Eisenhower, Rockefeller, and other "moderates" within his own party. Extremism in defense of liberty was no vice, he famously told the 1964 nominating convention, and moderation was no virtue. And it doomed him and his party... This weekend, House Republican leader John Boehner played out the role of Jude Wanniski on NBC's "Meet The Press."Odds are you've never heard of Jude, but without him Reagan never wou...
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‘Dirty Jobs’ guy says Safety Third is “a conversation worth having” | 2012-
Hi Dave - Mike Rowe here, Dirty Jobs, etc. I’m writing to thank you for your article in May’s edition of ISHN, and for sharing with your readers a few of my comments on workplace safety. Over the years, I’ve learned that some Safety Professionals do not always welcome criticism, especially from a smart aleck TV Host.
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Shade
It’s a civic resource, an index of inequality, and a requirement for public health. Shade should be a mandate for urban designers.
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The Promise and Price of Cellular Therapies
In CAR-T therapy, a patient’s own immune cells are genetically engineered to recognize and attack cancer. Illustration by Alexander Glandien It matters that the…
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Why this man became a hermit at 20
Many people really don't like being alone. They feel lonely. For others, however, solitude can be a source of ecstasy.
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Making of the Illustrations of the Natural Orders of Plants
If someone told me when I was young that I would spend three months of my time tracing nineteenth century botanical illustrations and enjoy it, I would have scoffed, but that’s what I did to reproduce Elizabeth Twining’s Illustrations of the Natural Orders of Plants and I loved every minute.
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How Not to Regulate Social Media
Proposed privacy and bot laws don’t target real problems, and would cause needless harm.
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The Slow Death of Hollywood
Hi, Welcome to Big, a newsletter about the politics of monopoly. If you’d like to sign up, you can do so here. First, housekeeping. I’m launching a new section of Big called “From the Mailbag,” which are emails from readers. The reason is that I got a bunch of interesting emails from ex-Boeing people after my
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We hired the author of 'Black Hawk Down' and an illustrator from 'Archer' to adapt the Mueller report so you'll actually read it
It feels like nobody read the Mueller report. That's a shame, because it's an important document, depicting possible crimes by a sitting US president.
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Whose advice should you take?
My wife finds it irritating that I often take a long time to get round to following her recommendations, even though the ones I follow almost always turn out to be successful. This post is about wh…
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Nomads travel to America’s Walmarts to stock Amazon’s shelves
To stock Amazon’s shelves, merchants travel the backroads of America in search of rare soap and coveted toys.
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The Book of Job
Rumors had been whispering for a month. The new financing round hadn’t gone well, the expected deals hadn’t materialized, and something had...
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Writer Esmé Weijun Wang on life with the 'collected schizophrenias' | CBC Radio
Most of what we hear about schizophrenia comes from clinicians or caregivers struggling to make sense of an experience they cannot share. Writer Esmé Weijun Wang's new essay collection, The Collected Schizophrenias gives us a rare, first-person look at life with schizoaffective disorder.
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I ruin developers’ lives with my code reviews and I'm sorry
Once upon a time there was a guy on my team so weak that he was going to be fired (a developer! Fired!). Every comment of mine was another nail in his coffin.
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Why Being Bored Is Good
Technology keeps us constantly stimulated. What do we lose when we no longer have nothing to do?
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Move Over, San Andreas: There’s an Ominous New Fault in Town
U.S. route 395 is a geologic master class disguised as a road. It runs north from the arid outskirts of Los Angeles , carrying travelers up to Reno along the…
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What Just Happened Also Occurred Before The Last 7 U.S. Recessions. Reason To Worry?
An inauspicious milestone was achieved on Sunday: The yield curve remained inverted for three months, an indicator that has preceded economic recessions for almost half a century.
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What Does ‘Buying American’ Even Mean?
In a globalized economy, the definition of “buying American” is becoming quite cloudy—and so are the consequences of policies designed to encourage it.
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Industry Towns - Where You Start A Company Matters
Industry towns[1] emerge due to the critical mass of having employees, entrepreneurs, suppliers, business partners, potential customers, an...
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How ‘Digital Nomads’ Game the System to Work in Paradise
Visa scams and tax evasion are common as locals struggle with a low minimum wage
