Tom McNamara
@mrtpsm.bsky.social
Semi-anonymous profile of UCLA graduate who also has a Master from USC.
No shortage of opinions, but I try only to comment on college football or what I read in The Economist.
No shortage of opinions, but I try only to comment on college football or what I read in The Economist.
You can’t do a national figure to explain that chart. Work from spurred a lot of white collar migration to cheaper low-rent states that is now being reversed and putting pressure on urban coastal areas again.
January 8, 2026 at 2:47 PM
You can’t do a national figure to explain that chart. Work from spurred a lot of white collar migration to cheaper low-rent states that is now being reversed and putting pressure on urban coastal areas again.
The catch is that they are not getting more expensive because wages are rising, but because lowly paid workers in the shadows en masse have either died in the pandemic or been deported.
The Electricity usage metric is important because you can’t hide its growth in utilization.
The Electricity usage metric is important because you can’t hide its growth in utilization.
January 8, 2026 at 2:44 PM
The catch is that they are not getting more expensive because wages are rising, but because lowly paid workers in the shadows en masse have either died in the pandemic or been deported.
The Electricity usage metric is important because you can’t hide its growth in utilization.
The Electricity usage metric is important because you can’t hide its growth in utilization.
Question is does the district attorney in have the gumption to charge the agent with murder under state law…the threshold in Minnesota for an officer to be guilty of murder in the apprehension of a suspect is not high…just ask Derek Chauvin.
January 8, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Question is does the district attorney in have the gumption to charge the agent with murder under state law…the threshold in Minnesota for an officer to be guilty of murder in the apprehension of a suspect is not high…just ask Derek Chauvin.
He kind of looks like Howard Jones too…
January 5, 2026 at 9:27 AM
He kind of looks like Howard Jones too…
…but…can you log in to your streaming service?
December 21, 2025 at 4:05 AM
…but…can you log in to your streaming service?
Even if it does, it’s not as if it’s undermining the Eurail pass market…
December 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Even if it does, it’s not as if it’s undermining the Eurail pass market…
Can the Rust Belt be remade?
December 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Can the Rust Belt be remade?
Chairman Mao must be quite pleased May 1st is a holiday for more people than Christmas.
December 18, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Chairman Mao must be quite pleased May 1st is a holiday for more people than Christmas.
The true issue is that the North is where in Britain the jobs that don’t require a university degree to earn a decent standard of living.
Even with the decline of labor unions and heavy industry, this paradox remains.
Even with the decline of labor unions and heavy industry, this paradox remains.
December 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The true issue is that the North is where in Britain the jobs that don’t require a university degree to earn a decent standard of living.
Even with the decline of labor unions and heavy industry, this paradox remains.
Even with the decline of labor unions and heavy industry, this paradox remains.
Well, no.
A democratic confederation of States is always going to favor more inefficient and politically popular economic policy than a homogenous authoritarian regime, lol.
A democratic confederation of States is always going to favor more inefficient and politically popular economic policy than a homogenous authoritarian regime, lol.
December 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Well, no.
A democratic confederation of States is always going to favor more inefficient and politically popular economic policy than a homogenous authoritarian regime, lol.
A democratic confederation of States is always going to favor more inefficient and politically popular economic policy than a homogenous authoritarian regime, lol.
The Upper West Side of Manhattan has established a entreport on the Thames??
December 14, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The Upper West Side of Manhattan has established a entreport on the Thames??
In wide open America a hard limit on speed is bad because of the need to avoid hazards in difficult terrain.
But then if you bifurcate the car market, you create cost issues and other supply chain problems. So beeping is fine enough but not an upper limit.
But then if you bifurcate the car market, you create cost issues and other supply chain problems. So beeping is fine enough but not an upper limit.
December 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
In wide open America a hard limit on speed is bad because of the need to avoid hazards in difficult terrain.
But then if you bifurcate the car market, you create cost issues and other supply chain problems. So beeping is fine enough but not an upper limit.
But then if you bifurcate the car market, you create cost issues and other supply chain problems. So beeping is fine enough but not an upper limit.
It’s a good article though I think the real story is that the GOP relied on the Cuban community to anchor its political presence in South Florida and now that’s not enough votes and a big problem for Republicans trying to attract immigrants to the party.
December 13, 2025 at 10:16 PM
It’s a good article though I think the real story is that the GOP relied on the Cuban community to anchor its political presence in South Florida and now that’s not enough votes and a big problem for Republicans trying to attract immigrants to the party.
If that name turns out to be taken there’s always “Division of Labor” as an alternative, lol.
December 13, 2025 at 10:11 PM
If that name turns out to be taken there’s always “Division of Labor” as an alternative, lol.
Wall Street traders were betting on college football back in the 1890s…
Besides, do you really want a bunch of young men flooding into the commodities market, lol?
Besides, do you really want a bunch of young men flooding into the commodities market, lol?
December 9, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Wall Street traders were betting on college football back in the 1890s…
Besides, do you really want a bunch of young men flooding into the commodities market, lol?
Besides, do you really want a bunch of young men flooding into the commodities market, lol?
Haven’t been to Florida personally, but there’s no doubt probably great bookstores where snowbirds and their wealth congregate.
But in the city centers, yeah, you are probably on your own, lol.
But in the city centers, yeah, you are probably on your own, lol.
December 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Haven’t been to Florida personally, but there’s no doubt probably great bookstores where snowbirds and their wealth congregate.
But in the city centers, yeah, you are probably on your own, lol.
But in the city centers, yeah, you are probably on your own, lol.
So the quirky thing about the US is that with some exceptions, it’s your northern cities with longer winters that have really entrenched local booksellers like Powells in Portland, Oregon.
December 6, 2025 at 4:14 AM
So the quirky thing about the US is that with some exceptions, it’s your northern cities with longer winters that have really entrenched local booksellers like Powells in Portland, Oregon.
Supposedly there are more Economist subscribers in the New York media market than anywhere else in the world including London…
December 6, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Supposedly there are more Economist subscribers in the New York media market than anywhere else in the world including London…
“Alo!” “Alo, Pete-sidence!”
a man is smiling while sitting at a table with a stack of books .
ALT: a man is smiling while sitting at a table with a stack of books .
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December 4, 2025 at 4:26 AM
“Alo!” “Alo, Pete-sidence!”
The key being that some people either prefer or are stuck buying books online, lol.
As you no doubt are picking up from living in Chicago, most Americans outside the largest metros are reliant now on tech platforms to scatter culture like pixie dust over the suburban hinterlands.
As you no doubt are picking up from living in Chicago, most Americans outside the largest metros are reliant now on tech platforms to scatter culture like pixie dust over the suburban hinterlands.
December 4, 2025 at 4:23 AM
The key being that some people either prefer or are stuck buying books online, lol.
As you no doubt are picking up from living in Chicago, most Americans outside the largest metros are reliant now on tech platforms to scatter culture like pixie dust over the suburban hinterlands.
As you no doubt are picking up from living in Chicago, most Americans outside the largest metros are reliant now on tech platforms to scatter culture like pixie dust over the suburban hinterlands.
Keep in mind I’m still recovering from learning in the documentary “Empire” that Indians even during the Raj often would work abroad.
November 22, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Keep in mind I’m still recovering from learning in the documentary “Empire” that Indians even during the Raj often would work abroad.
The issue there is who owns the trailer.
American freight is essentially a cottage industry.
At one point there was a proposal to have catenary wire on top of one of the freeways in LA leading to the port as a way to let cabs ride on trolleys until heading out of town.
American freight is essentially a cottage industry.
At one point there was a proposal to have catenary wire on top of one of the freeways in LA leading to the port as a way to let cabs ride on trolleys until heading out of town.
November 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
The issue there is who owns the trailer.
American freight is essentially a cottage industry.
At one point there was a proposal to have catenary wire on top of one of the freeways in LA leading to the port as a way to let cabs ride on trolleys until heading out of town.
American freight is essentially a cottage industry.
At one point there was a proposal to have catenary wire on top of one of the freeways in LA leading to the port as a way to let cabs ride on trolleys until heading out of town.
Sounds like he’s talking about Jimmy Hoffa there, lol.
November 22, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Sounds like he’s talking about Jimmy Hoffa there, lol.