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Independent Contractors Are Not Outside Labor Law
In a recent essay, Unboxing the Gig Worker within Labor Laws, I argued that labor law exists to protect ordinary people from being exploited by systems…
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Unboxing the Gig Worker within Labor Laws
Editor's note: A follow-up essay, Independent Contractors Are Not Outside Labor Law, clarifies how labor regulations apply to gig workers without…
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Do Democrats Really Have the Midterms in the Bag?
What’s In It For Me?
Jan 12
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What 2026 Holds for Crimea
The war’s most consequential theater in 2026 may be the one least covered.
Jan 10
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What Is ICE Doing and Why Are People Getting Killed?
What Sanctuary Actually Means
Jan 9
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And What About Greenland?
The Uncomfortable Truth About Trump
Jan 7
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Are We Going to Make Venezuela a U.S. Territory?
What Just Happened
Jan 5
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The Price of Affordability
The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same
Jan 3
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Why Invade Taiwan When You Could Capture Siberia?
The Saber Rattles Again
Jan 2
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December 2025
Why Mistral Is Cash-Starved in the LLM World
Mistral is not underfunded by European standards.
Dec 31, 2025
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The Buffett Indicator: What It Is — and What It Is Not
This is a follow-on to my earlier piece, The Most Misunderstood Phrases in Buffett-Speak: Free Cash and the Float.
Dec 31, 2025
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When War Ends in Russia, Violence Rarely Does
In 2025, Russian soldiers returning from Ukraine killed or injured more than 1,000 people inside Russia—more than half at the hands of former prisoners…
Dec 30, 2025
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