Author Archives: Lambert Strether
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/16/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics, Cohen’s testimony in the Bragg trial plus theories of the case, Biden and Trump debate, the NC legislature bails for the weekend without passing the anti-masking bill, the Impressionists and the Paris Commune. ~
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2:00PM Water Cooler 5/15/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, Pandemics, Trump’s trial continues, Biden and Trump to debate (without Kennedy), raw milk enthusiasts resist H5N1 “fearmongering”, North Carolina’s horrid anti-masking law, and how to make sure it doesn’t pass. ~
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 5/14/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics, Michael Cohen’s “legal services,” surrealism, cave art ~
Read more...Apple’s “Crush” Ad, Rentierism, and the End of Capitalism?
Apple’s dystopian ode to rentierism.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 5/13/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Semi-open thread ~
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 5/10/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics: (1) New swing state polling, Hillary Clinton on the ignorance of youth, Trump will love jail, potential nasal spray, and you’ll never guess from whom. ~
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2:00PM Water Cooler 5/9/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics , Antisemitism Awareness Act, Trump’s Bragg trial, the perfect cheese sauce ~
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Alvin Bragg’s Theories (Plural) of the Case in People v. Trump May Be Gradually Emerging (There Are Three)
The architecture of Bragg’s case, and the state of play of its various elements.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 5/8/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread ~
Read more...Consumers Regard the Cost of Money as Part of the Cost of Living
This column examines why consumer sentiment in the US remained depressed in 2023 despite low unemployment and falling inflation, and finds that increasing borrowing costs can explain much of this gap.
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