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To a PNW historian, 2022 looked pretty familiar
To a PNW historian, 2022 looked pretty familiar
From waning interest in pandemic precautions to fights over free speech, there are lessons for the new year in our region’s past.
·crosscut.com·
To a PNW historian, 2022 looked pretty familiar
Digital Dollar Is a Long Way From Reality, US Treasury Official Says
Digital Dollar Is a Long Way From Reality, US Treasury Official Says
The Treasury Department’s top official for financial markets and stability expressed little urgency over the federal government’s need to prepare for the potential launch of a digital US dollar.
·bloomberg.com·
Digital Dollar Is a Long Way From Reality, US Treasury Official Says
How Africa Can Avoid Getting Scrambled
How Africa Can Avoid Getting Scrambled
African leaders must be more imaginative and proactive in pooling their efforts and setting the agenda.
·foreignpolicy.com·
How Africa Can Avoid Getting Scrambled
Violent extremism in America is a far-right phenomenon
Violent extremism in America is a far-right phenomenon
The stats are irrefutable. Trying to make it a "both sides" issue just distracts from the real deadly threat — which comes from the far-right.
·weaponizedspaces.substack.com·
Violent extremism in America is a far-right phenomenon
We Are Not Prepared for the Coming Surge of Babies
We Are Not Prepared for the Coming Surge of Babies
The post-Roe rise in births in the U.S. will be concentrated in some of the worst states for infant and maternal health. Plans to improve these outcomes are staggeringly thin.
·theatlantic.com·
We Are Not Prepared for the Coming Surge of Babies
Where did the Great Resigners and Quiet Quitters go?
Where did the Great Resigners and Quiet Quitters go?
Tens of millions of employees left the workforce last year, from self employment to better roles, this is where they have landed and what’s next for employees.
·fastcompany.com·
Where did the Great Resigners and Quiet Quitters go?
Conservatism and Who the Law Protects
Conservatism and Who the Law Protects
I've seen this quote, or ones very much like it, a few times in recent years: Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-grou
·kottke.org·
Conservatism and Who the Law Protects
The travesty of liberalism — Crooked Timber
The travesty of liberalism — Crooked Timber
More in the suddenly topical vein of ‘who will rid us of those troublesome leftists’ from Sean Wilentz. For Chait, the problem is “It’s obvious to me why conservatives want everyb…
·crookedtimber.org·
The travesty of liberalism — Crooked Timber