Gabrielle Deydier’s plaintive account and sociological study exposes the many ways the obese face censure and insensitivity.

In “Frankenstein: The First Two Hundred Years,” Christopher Frayling resurrects Mary Shelley’s classic through the countless visual adaptations of its monster.

In recent months, the focus has been on Russian-connected operatives who attempted to sow “chaos” in the U.S. elections, but the power of internet search engines and social media giants to shape American politics goes well beyond that.

Source: Every Apple You Eat Took Years and Years to Make – Atlas Obscura

In recent months, the focus has been on Russian-connected operatives who attempted to sow “chaos” in the U.S. elections, but the power of internet search engines and social media giants to shape American politics goes well beyond that.

Source: How the liberal bias of Google, Facebook shape the political landscape – Washington Times

President Trump came into office pledging to renegotiate or cancel trade agreements he thought unfair to the US. Meanwhile, the UK seems headed toward a “hard Brexit” from the European Union. Whether you think those are good moves or not, they’re important to the world economy. Millions of jobs and lives are at stake.

Source: Free Trade Is Awesome, But It Has a Dark Side | Connecting the Dots Investment Newsletter | Mauldin Economics

QUESTION: Marty, we are living in Austria and we try to grasp what will come after the Dow reached the mid 30.000s or even the 40.000s in 2019/20 and the dollar

Source: What Comes After the High | Armstrong Economics

Most Silicon Valley start-ups go belly up. Over 90 percent according to Valley eminence Andy Kessler. The previous number is more evidence that the road to Google’s gargantuan valuation was paved by the decline of many companies like it that didn’t make the cut.

Source: China Has Essentially Doomed Its Electric Car Industry – Foundation for Economic Education – Working for a free and prosperous world