Selling Leukemia at 9:14 p.m.
DRUG POLICY · MEDICINE · HEALTH INSURANCE
February 24, 2026
TUESDAY:
The Strange Economics of Drug
Advertising in the Only Country
That Does It This Way…
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The Noise Is the Strategy
CAMPAIGNS · POLITICAL POWER · IMMIGRATION
February 23, 2026
Making noise to hide in plain
sight
The bass hit first—low, clean,
just a little too loud for a…
Call it stealing if you want,
but it’s clearly a plot to
move the…
TRADE · TAXES · COST OF LIVING
February 22, 2026
Call it stealing if you want,
but it’s clearly a plot to move
the tax burden downward —
toward the checkout line, not
the top tax bracket.
Tariffs show up in the price of
the things you buy — groceries,
clothes for your kids, a new…
You’ve been told that tariffs
are paid by other countries.
TRADE · TAXES · COST OF LIVING
February 22, 2026
They aren’t.
A tariff is a tax on goods
coming into the United States.
The bill goes to the American
company importing it. That
company pays U.S. Customs. The
money goes to the U.S.
Treasury. On a $1,000 laptop…
The $1.241 Trillion Experiment
TRADE · MACROECONOMICS · BUSINESS
February 21, 2026
We Paid the Tariffs. The
Deficit Stayed–and the Court
Hit Back
The warehouse manager in…
The Favor System
POLITICAL POWER · WHITE HOUSE
February 17, 2026
How executive power learns to
reward itself
The ballroom doors at
Mar-a-Lago were closed, but the…
Who Keeps the Lights On?
LABOR · IMMIGRATION · HOSPITALS
February 16, 2026
The labor we argue about is the
labor that keeps us alive.
The code blue alarm goes off at
3:17 a.m…
The Vote That Wouldn’t Close
CONGRESS · WHITE HOUSE · LAW AND COURTS
February 14, 2026
The Failed Rule Vote That
Reopened the Tariff Fight
The vote was supposed to last
fifteen minutes…
The Distance a Day Can
Collapse
WAR AND SECURITY · TRADE · COST OF LIVING
February 13, 2026
When a missed bus becomes the
first sign that a country is
running out of power…