Yesterday ED got a good conversation going in response to this question: How can anti-statists reconcile themselves with protectionism? I think however we need to be careful with the ‘s’ word. I’m guilty of...
John Horgan has a question – does religion do more harm than good? Leaving aside the impossibility of quantifying the benefits and downsides of faith in any systematic fashion – what metric, one wonders,...
I think most of the books I’ve read and loved were written by conservatives or libertarians – the fantasy I’ve read was written largely by conservatives, I think because good fantasy plays on themes...
“Dudes and Dudettes, … it’s July 2009. You are all taking this wayyyy too seriously. I wish I thought it was all only about grabbing Palin traffic, but I fear it’s worse that that. The...
…To PoMoCon extraordinaire James Poulos and his wife Courtney on the birth of their first son, Nikos James, on Friday. Via.
How can anti-statists reconcile themselves with protectionism? This has become a kind of stumbling block for me. I have slowly become more and more disillusioned with protectionism as policy because it seems that it...
I fully supported, and continue to support, Obama’s minimal to nonexistent intervention in the Iranian situation last month. What I cannot fathom is why Obama would now think that intervention on behalf of Zelaya in Honduras...
Fascinating piece up by Brian Doherty on “seasteading” the anti-government project being pursued by grandson of economist Milton Friedman, Patri Friedman, to create modular, stateless “seasteads” on the ocean. The question that leaps to...
In his latest column, Ross Douthat repeats an old canard from the campaign trail: That last statistic is a crucial one. Palin’s popularity has as much to do with class as it does with...
“Pushing on a string is difficult. Pushing a zombie on a string is even harder. Pushing a zombie bank on a string is impossible.” William Buiter — Warning: I’m about to go on a...
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on Open Mic for the week of 10/28/2024Oh yeah, if the baseline polls are cooked...so are we.
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on The Way Through is Donald Trump for PresidentI'm sure that's exactly how Justice Alito will see it.
on Open Mic for the week of 10/28/2024Here's the line that should make you take a little bit more of the covers tonight: "The irony, as I…
on Open Mic for the week of 10/28/2024It's pretty sad that people's inability to understand poll results leads directly to polls purposely… on Open Mic for the week of 10/28/2024Nate Silver has a post on herding. I knew that something like this was happening but I never knew it… on Weekend Plans Post: We’re Getting It BackThree hundred! I can't even imagine! on Weekend Plans Post: We’re Getting It BackWe leave a bowlful on the porch. I arranged them in the bowl in a pattern (circles by type) that wou…
on Open Mic for the week of 10/28/2024At least after they got hit with the clue stick enough.
on Weekend Plans Post: We’re Getting It BackTrans Atlantic would definitely be cool. Normally I'd say it's probably nicer to ship out of FL than…
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