Back in 2002 I read Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Taleb and became a fan of his writing. Since then I’ve read all of his books and in each one I’ve learned actionable new things. I just f...Read More
“We’re on, what, the eighth or ninth consecutive “most important election of our lifetimes”? In the past decades, we’ve had Democrats win “most important election of our lifetimes” a...Read More
Jonah Goldberg is a great writer and an even better researcher. In this book, which I will quote often in maxim posts, he goes down the rabbit hole chasing Donald Trump and ends up far from his origin...Read More
“Dictators are rarely good economic managers.“ WSJ editorial referring to Turkey and Venezuela For every Lee Kwan Yoo there are ten Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castros...Read More
War is a game to be played with a smiling face. Winston Churchill In 1916 during his four months in the trenches in WWI From the very readable book Churchill by Roy Jenkins. Recommended...Read More
You know all of those compliance emails you’ve been getting. They are about GPDR which stands for General Data Protection Regulation. It is a new EU law that protects peoples personal data. Anyo...Read More
“The pen is often mightier than the sword and the settled habits of a nation mightier than a statute. “ Frederick Douglass From Frederick Douglass Self-Made Man by Timothy Sandefur...Read More
It is Time to Eliminate the Income Tax. The Federal Government needs lots of money and they get most of it through income taxes. Unfortunately income taxes distort behavior, are volatile and are ext...Read More