Source: Marginal Revolution.

I concur with Tyler Cowen’s explanations, and would add two thoughts.

Continue reading “Why will the important thinkers of the future be religious ones?” →

Source: France 24.

This story, while seemingly minor, is extraordinary in a number of ways.

Continue reading “France’s female dervish takes transcendence online” →

Source: MSNBC News.

Sad news. I first became aware of Pacepa during the early Obama administration. His work and commentary profoundly changed my thinking in a lot of different areas. For example, I had never credited the McCarthy era as having even the slightest of redeemable virtues, but Pacepa convinced me that the threat of Soviet influence in America was both real and deep, even if McCarthy’s machinations and demagoguery were not.

Source: American Institute for Economic Research.

The writer makes a useful point about the nature of “renewable” resources. They can be more finite than “non-renewables.”

Continue reading “The Difference Between Copper and Cucumbers” →

The Senate voted to acquit former President Trump of impeachable offenses yesterday. It is a good thing.

Continue reading “The Acquittal” →

Source: The American Conservative.

This excellent book review captures a number of themes that motivate me to post in this forum. Not that my motives are particularly important in any way, but the writer does a better job of describing them than I could, which I find pleasant.

As Scott Adams (of Dilbert fame) likes to point out, accusing others of hypocrisy is one of the stupidest, least persuasive things a person can do.

Continue reading “H – Y – P -O … (You know the rest)” →

Source: CNN.

In the big scheme of things this may be a minor story, but it also is an apt case study in media perfidy.

Continue reading “Investigators struggle to build murder case in death of US Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick” →

Link to PDF.

Sund’s letter clarifies a number of issues related to the Capitol riot. Two main items are of relevance to the impeachment trial:

Continue reading “Letter to Nancy Pelosi from Former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund Concerning Jan. 6” →

Source: Marginal Revolution.

Economist Alex Tabarrok has been promoting the hypothesis that the two-dose Covid vaccines we already have may be as effective as one-dose vaccines in recipients who have previously been infected with the virus. A change in policy based on such a finding automatically and immediately would almost double the vaccine inventory available for injection.