The desire to bring the economy into the modern world, the urge to rationalize and privatize—these are straight out of Mikhail Gorbachev’s playbook. (If you doubt this, read Prince Muhammad bin Salman’s recent Economist interview as...
“What’s the difference between regulators and locusts?” the Texas senator asks. “You can’t use pesticide on the regulators.” If that quip sounds familiar, it’s because it’s cribbed from former Alberta premier Ralph Klein. In...
You better not shout, you better not pout, you better go out and vote or we’re telling all your neighbors. Ted Cruz is coming to town.
The problem with psychology, and the seductive fallacy of “studies have shown.”
“Once we received word the Sanders campaign had begun canvassing in nearby Fort Dodge, we only had a matter of hours to burn everything to the ground,” said communications director Jennifer Palmieri, who tossed a lit torch through the window of the town’s hardware store before rushing over to help a group of Hillary for America workers erect a roadblock made of dead livestock to prevent all entrance to and exit from the city.”
Cruz? He’s known to be the worst poker player in Ivy League history. And it shows. He has what they call a “tell;” when he lies his expression is like a child with a...
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