Election Day One
About a week ago I heard a talking head say something to the effect that "this is the most important election in a...
Tag: Politics
The Robert Rubin Scam
"Robert Rubin, a former Secretary of the United States Treasury, one of those who sign their names on the banknote you...
A Political Heuristic
I went over the November ballot with some friends and applied my new heuristic to some of the measures and candidates...
The Biggest Interest Group
"There exists a great deal of evidence that, from the time of the pharaohs, state officials looked after themselves...
Kavanaugh Two
Two weeks ago I wrote: "This is a dirty trick, transparently a dirty trick." Nothing has happened that has changed my...
Does Organic Food Production Starve Poor People?
Last week after a delicious Erev Rosh Hashanah meal I made the offhand comment that among other things eating organic...
A Gentle Reminder
Be careful. The people who are predicting a Democrat landslide this November are the same ones who were predicted a...
Good Question
How do candidates for political office with obvious character flaws seem more real than bureaucrats with impeccable...
Charles Krauthammer RIP
"You’re betraying your whole life if you don’t say what you think, and you don’t say it honestly and...
Journalists
"Journalists worry considerably more about the opinion of other journalists than the judgment of their...
