Bimodal Conservatives
Conservatives have become almost completely bimodal. On the one hand, the movement includes politicians like Ben Sasse (the Republican Senator from Nebraska) and Jeff Flake (the Republican Senator from Arizona,
The Afghan 180° and Other TIBRHeW[1]
Having just returned from another vacation – about which more in the Some Culture section below – here are some short thoughts in an overly long post. Afghanistan For many
School Inc. and Other TIBRHeW [1]
School Inc. is the name of a documentary series that has somehow made it past the left-wing censors at PBS. It is the work of Andrew Coulson, a former senior
Terrorism…
(THIS WILL BE MY LAST POST FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS. RETURNING IN JULY) This is the face of terror. It is three losers from the council estates of East London,
The UK And French Elections
The UK Vote The Year of Voting Recklessly, to borrow from Bret Stephens, continues. As of this writing, the UK still does not have a government, although it looks like
The Economics of Believing
Economics is everywhere. You just have to know where to look. Like at the cathedral I recently visited in Portugal. Many of you probably heard of “Pascal’s Wager.” This is
Macron and Other Offshore Topics
Emmanuel Macron has handily won the French presidential election. Now comes the hard part: trying to “govern a nation that has 246 different kinds of cheese?” (to quote Charles De
Corruption Around The World
Some developments on the corruption front. In South Korea, we have recently seen the arrest of Lee Jae-yong, the leader of Samsung, on charges of bribery. We have also just
Hypocrisy Has a Field Day
The first victim in war, the old saying goes, is the truth. The corollary is that the first beneficiary is hypocrisy. After the United States launched 59 cruise missiles against
When Dogs Catch Cars
It is clear that we can add Senator Chuck Schumer to the list of secret readers of The Economic Man Blog.[1] Talking about the Republicans and their pledge to repeal