Commentary

A muted week for US debt auctions, that went off okay. in the aftermarket, rates are rising.

Large employers also expect a very large health benefit cost increase in 2026.

A warmer world, if it is occurring, is better for humans and other life; a cold spell would be devastating.

President Trump is doing great work in his efforts at ending wars, but we need to be cautious that we don't enable barbaric dictators.

A reformulation of issues about temperature and climate changes provides a good challenge to the hysterical narrative.

Employer health plans are bracing for cost increases of 10% or more for 2026. The pain will fall largely on employees.

Podcasting has resumed.

Forcing Medicaid recipients to work or lose coverage has no effect on ER visits or hospitalizations.

Driven by multiple factors, overdiagnosis is a cause of excess health spending and patient anxiety.

Research continues to bleed through on the lack of any climate crisis.

The inflation report is consistent with expectations but not with the economic reality for consumers.

Another set of days of the Anti-Strib, with ample national and local fodder.

Metropolitan areas are far warmer than their outlying rural regions, accounting for almost all supposed warming in recent decades.

Decriminalizing drugs has bad consequences for crime, who would have thought that.

Not a good week for US debt auctions, another harbinger that the market is not happy with our deficits.