Since we live in a society where anything can be bought for the right price, we live in a society in which every conceivable aspect of life is not just open to but rife with profound, unrepentant corruption.

It seems hard if not impossible to separate the two.

Old edition: used books are on the market to reduce new book revenues for the publishers.

That’s literally why they’ve always done new textbooks, with exceptions for a very few fields where things actually change and need updating (high level/cutting edge science or recent history for example).

Kendall Hunt publishing seems to be the culprit

One of the drs being sued for injuring a patient “began consulting for Acclarent in 2014 & received more than $550,000 in consultant’s fees through 2024 according to a federal database that tracks financial ties btw companies & physicians. At least $135,000 of those fees related to the TruDi system”

"In the past year, Trump administration appointees at the Department of Energy have canceled $815 million of a $1-billion fund meant to bolster the island’s grid against storms and outages."

"In 2017 Hurricane Maria destroyed 80 percent of the island’s transmission and distribution lines, and this led to months-long power outages. In 2022 Hurricane Fiona again knocked out power for more than 80 percent of the island’s residents."

If I had to bet on either Puerto Rico's energy grid or Laura Loomer's synapses, my money would salsa its way to San Juan any day.

"Senator Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky, leads the bunch in standing up to the overpowered executive"

You sure about that Katherine?

Just for fun, I checked. He voted with Trump more than 93% of the time as of September.
www.americanprogressaction.org/article/the-...

Most self-identified libertarians are among the dumbest people I know.

Liberty for me but not for thee seems to be their motto.