2:00PM Water Cooler 2/26/2025 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether. Readers, the fundraiser for my very nearly gold* retirement watch + all my Water Cooler work done in 2024 is ongoing. The
Announcing 2025 Water Cooler Fundraiser for Lambert’s Gold Retirement Watch (and Work Done in 2024)
Dear Reader, Welcome to Water Cooler’s yearly fundraiser: My goal is 🌡️ 400 donors, the same as last year. You can help out by becoming
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/24/2025 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether. Bird Song of the Day American Robin, Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge; Deadman Lake. Alaska, United States. Readers, I’m going to close out
We’ve Been Here Before: A Review of Thomas Frank’s “The Wrecking Crew”
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Thomas Frank’s The Wrecking Crew was published in 2008. It covers the ideology and praxis of post-Powell Memo conservatism, with
Links 2/22/2025 | naked capitalism
California Takes Steps Toward Officially Recognizing Bigfoot SFGate On this day in 1965, Malcolm X was assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in New York. In
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/21/2025 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether. Bird Song of the Day Allisa Linfield, University Ridge – The University of Wisconsin Golf Course, Dane, Wisconsin, United States. * *
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/20/2025 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether. Bird Song of the Day Brown Thrasher, Wannagan Creek Cabin area, Billings, North Dakota, United States. Wannagan Creek Cabins, East River Road,
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/19/2025 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether. Bird Song of the Day Brown Thrasher, Cherry, Nebraska, United States. “Valentine National Wildlife Refuge – Little Hay Road Wildlife Drive. About
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/18/2025 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether. Bird Song of the Day Brown Thrasher, Indian Springs WMA, two-track road, Washington, Maryland, United States. “Adult male Brown Thrasher singing from
DOGEbag Roundup: Horrid Website, This Week’s Agency Targets, Sociology of DOGE
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. “You have great power inborn in you, and you used that power wrongly, to work a spell over which you