A fairly weak jobs report for July, which may prompt an interest rate cut.

The second quarter GDP report suggests that the economy is okay--not great, probably not weakening.

The labor market is looking pretty stable right now.

Largely shorter-end sales of US debt this week, which generally went off okay.

A review of research in the July 2025 Health Affairs issue.

The trade talks appear to be reaching final stages, with little impact on the trade deficit, but a probably beneficial outcome for the US economy.

New research gives a much lower estimate of deaths averted by CV-19 vaccines.

Another study revealing the evils of gender dis-affirming care and sexual mutilation.

How this can be when we are told the planet is on fire is mystifying, but weather-related deaths are at an extreme low in the first half of 2025.

An exceptional day of bad journalism even for the abysmal Star Tribune.

A review of the interesting research in a recent issue of Health Affairs.

The local news is just nothing but crime and fraud.

A slow week in US debt auctions.

More critiques of the anti-Trump garbage regularly published in our only and by far worst newspaper in Minneapolis.

Another large study shows no association between vaccines and autism or other health issues.