The phony story about Obama supposedly collecting royalties on the Obamacare name was from a satire news site called, fittingly enough, the Dunning-Kruger Times. It was so ridiculous as to be obviously a joke. But not obviously enough for Trump or his credulous followers.

This contribution by Reimer and colleagues on private equity (PE) acquisition Of addiction treatment centers is striking. Such acquisitions markedly increase the probability of public insurance acceptance. When incentives are aligned, more nimble market actors can improve care. healthaffairs.org/doi/full/1…

Looking forward to welcoming Dr Alex Kemper this week to #CHAM. Dr Kemper will present “Designing #Newborn #Screening: Reboot after 60+ Yrs” & meet with junior faculty about his work as Editor of #Pediatrics. @@i_jsmiles @DrFerdowsi @SuzettePediMD

Senator Lee, Mr, Kirk was murdered by a single disturbed individual. Moreover, no prominent liberal or Democrat responded to that atrocity the way that you yourself did in the attached post. You are an elected official. We have a right to expect better.

TV ad for an investment product: “Why should you settle for the market average in your retirement savings?” Me as a prudent regular-person investor:

As a Jew & son of a Jewish refugee, I'm alarmed by the rise of antisemitism. The ADL's mission is to call it out when they see it. But I found their response to Mamdani's election shockingly gratuitous, inflammatory and deeply irresponsible. nytimes.com/2025/11/06/nyreg… via @NYTimes

BREAKING: James Watson, who helped discover the structure of DNA, has died at 97.

Wow I look forward to reading this work. Looks like great stuff

This is mass murder on a scale we haven't seen in generations. Trump did this. Musk did this. The SCOTUS that allowed these cuts to congressionally mandated programs and an acquiescent @GOP did this. It's sickening. newyorker.com/culture/the-ne…

Warren Buffett historically called airlines the worst industry for an investor. Today it must be the auto industry: - Regulatory shifts each administration - Volatile tariffs - Intense Chinese competition - Unclear consumer shift to EV by country - Cyclical demand - High fixed costs - Large countries demand local plants - Low margins - Highly unionized workforce with contract rigidity - Competitors sell similar products - Don't control customer relationship or retail experience - Subject to supply chain disruptions - Subject to credit cycles through finance arms - Existential risk of mobility-as-a-service - Constant technological change

I refuse to believe that this stuff doesn't matter to a lot of voters

The Wrigley Building is stunning.

Racing to my train today, I pulled over halfway there with an "oh-f***k" realization: I forgot my phone. Just then, I looked up to see @veppol pull up behind, the phone in hand. Those of us blessed in this life to have folk who have our backs need to earn this out.

I'm going LIVE this Friday, 11/7 at 1-3 PM EST. I'll be in conversation with @charlesmurray for an hour, talking about his new book on religion. Plus: Mamdani's historic win in NYC, Fuentes and Tucker, Dick Cheney's death, AI and civil unrest, and MORE. Don't miss it! Stream here on X or other platforms. Links and full description: glennloury.substack.com/p/th…

Maybe the lesson is not "Democrats should run moderates" or "Democrats should run socialists" but "Democrats should run candidates who are likable and have politics that are appealing in the specific places they are running."

Cuomo's increasingly bigoted sore loser campaign gave Mamdani a very extended series of victory laps, but all the interesting questions about him are the workability of his agenda not "can progressives win elections in big cities?" slowboring.com/p/now-comes-t…

Proud to support the fabulous @tradeoffspod to support their important work. Donation site here tradeoffs.fundjournalism.org…

If that number sounds crazy to you: Consider that Eitan Hirsch found that flatly antisemitic attitudes were extremely common among young conservatives back in 2021.

Someone asked for a counterintuitive economic insight. Here’s 1: if home prices increase by 0% over the next 30 years. American society as a whole would be far wealthier than if home prices increase by 6%/yr over the same period.

Good for ⁦my pals at @mannysdeli⁩ in Chicago for rising to the occasion!