Tag: Politics
We are Guilty
Forty Dead in another Immigrant Disaster Most people will say that the people who took a small boat across the Florida Strait to try to enter the United States illegally were responsible for what happ... Read More
Army Intelligence
“Military planners are paid to be paranoid.” Max Boot From The Savage Wars of Peace by Max Boot... Read More
Building Bad Better
I saw a video on TikTok of a Republican congressman claiming that the Build Back Better legislation as proposed by the Congress included money to pay the salaries of reporters. I thought it couldnR... Read More
Explaining
“We are increasingly populated by a class of people who are better at explaining than doing.” Nassim Taleb in Skin in the Game... Read More
My Politics
“I am, at the federal level, libertarian; at the state level, Republican; at the local level, Democrat; and at the family and friends level, a communist.” Variously attributed. Read in a Nassim Ta... Read More
Pandemic Panic
Many in government are effectively addicted to demonstrating how cautious they are in matters related to the pandemic. They have incentives to overreact because it is what gives them press coverage.... Read More
The Haircut
One day a florist goes to a barber for a haircut. After the cut he asks about his bill and the barber replies, ‘I cannot accept money from you. I’m doing community service this week.’ The floris... Read More