Legal Reform
What happened to legal reform, particularly of tort law, as a major political issue? Maybe it was just because I was growing up with a lawyer as a father, but
A Curate’s Egg (Part One)
The English use our shared language better than we do. They have had more practice. This includes their expressions, one of which is the title of this post. It means
Sweet Nothings
Maybe I am becoming jaded, but nothing that I have read, seen or heard recently has filled me with sufficient horror to prompt a full blog. But here are short
Reflection on an Election
(I apologize in advance if some of these paragraphs run on. My limited computer skills do not allow me to put divided paragraphs in bullet points.) In no particular order,
Finger Exercises (Part Three)
This will be the last of these “catch up” postings featuring drive-by comments on multiple issues. After this, I will return to my normal format. Car Crash My girlfriend is
Random Observations
Tyler Cowen Tyler Cowen is an interesting guy. His day job is teaching economics at George Mason University, which has one of the leading free-market programs in the country. He
The Cobbler’s Children Have No Shoes
Ilya Shapiro, who is responsible for constitutional studies at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, has recently published a piece about the Obama administration’s performance in the Supreme Court.
A Path to Bremain
It has been “all change” on the UK political scene since the Brexit vote. The bromance between Michael Gove and Boris Johnson, the two leaders of the Brexit campaign from
Brexit: The Mood is Ugly
I think that the key takeaway from the Brexit vote is that it is further proof that the public is in an ugly mood. Brexit therefore falls in the same
Clinton v. Trump
These days, I seem to talk about little else. The Republican Party is locked in the same conversation. Most of my friends fall into the same camp as the former