Gaius Publius

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Keith Ellison. Alex Wong via Getty Images (source)by Gaius PubliusThe fight for the soul of the Democratic Party continues, as does the Sanders revolution.

When our elected leaders, of any party, brag about how many jobs they're creating, this is what they're bragging about (source)by Gaius PubliusThis will be short and number-filled, and not even many of those.Yes, Trump won. But......the bottom line is still the same.

The Clintons help Trump celebrate his wedding to Melania. Will they laugh like this again? Of course, but not where you can see them, for a while at least. by Gaius PubliusA couple of election notes from Corey Robin, plus a bonus note from me:Blaming the LeftThis is something we all anticipate:

Wealth created by productivity diverged from wage growth in the Carter administration, but separated for good under Reagan and all subsequent presidents. Wages have been essentially flat since 1972.

Reversing our initial promise to Gorbachev not to advance NATO to the east, we now have Russia almost completely surrounded. What do they think we're planning to do?

Spread of the Black Death in Europe (1346–1353). Population collapses this rapid are not unknown (source; click to enlarge).by Gaius PubliusMost people in this country think of "global warming" as a mainly linear event, an uphill ride at roughly the same pace to a cliff's edge far enough in the future to be not a present concern.

The thirteen Democratic Senators who helped Obama break the filibuster on Fast Track. Some, for example, Ron Wyden and Patty Murray, run as progressives back home.

Thanks to CETA, the new Canada-EU "trade" agreement, this statement may no longer be true. It appears cell phones may be seized and searched at the border.

A little confusing, but follow the gray lines. The above figure illustrates how the duration of the copyright that the Walt Disney company claims in Steamboat Willie — marked by the solid gray line — has twice approached expiration — by the dashed gray line.

The cost of health care vs. the consumer price index for the last ten years (source; click to enlarge). Note especially 2009 and 2010, recession years for the CPI. If you do click through to the source, note that its author apparently doesn't understand the relationship between monopolies and pricing power.