Current Affairs

The difference between Twitter and Mastodon can be summed up in two words. No algorithm.

Republicans are growing increasingly fascist because tomorrow does not belong to them.

DeKalb County is building Stalinist rectangular blocks surrounded by street-level parking. It’s a 21st century Pruitt-Igoe that will, by 2035,...

The only reason to keep the whole thing together was “synergy.” A bad year for one division might be offset...

E-books are better than paper books. They cost nothing to deliver. They’re cheaper than paper books. They don’t kill trees....

Anyone who thinks Xi Jinping is sleeping easy these days has it wrong. The man has taken to wearing Mao...

If only 2% of us are on an e-bike, cities will remain car centric. Wherever the riding population gets into...

The irony is that this justifies the strategy of Japan’s Toyota

Over the last month I’ve been treated on TV to a parade of so-called financial experts, each one confidently predicting...

There’s a bargain to capitalism. You can make as much money as you want, but you’re subject to the law....