Archive - Paying the Piper

The US Military’s Radioactive Waste Cleanups

Below Budget, Ahead of Schedule, and Still Radioactive

Jul 8, 2023 •

November 2022

The Drug Store Word Artist

On Marketers and Thresholds

Nov 27, 2022 •

July 2022

Oliver North is just here to fix American Culture

On North's Latest Book, "Tragic Consequences"

Jul 20, 2022 •

July 2021

Proprietary Medical Advice

Pay no attention to Epic's proprietary medical decision-support algorithm behind its closed-source curtain

Jul 8, 2021 •

March 2021

Presidential Apologies for the CIA

Who else but the Central Intelligence Agency can reliably provoke contrition by the most powerful office on the planet?

Mar 17, 2021 •

December 2020

NBA Player Empowerment, within Prescribed Limits

The NBA commentariat sanitizes away any allusion to wealth redistribution, centering gestures and movement co-option

Dec 23, 2020 •

November 2020

Right to Repair: Privacy is a Red Herring

Automotive industry lobbyists pour money into failed campaign opposing Massachusetts' antitrust ballot measure

Nov 29, 2020 •

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