There are heavily populated precincts in places like Boston, Camden, Baltimore and other Northern cities where fewer than ten people vote in Republican primaries. A decades-long influx of Southern Democrats alienated by their party’s support for desegregation has utterly transformed…
America marked a little-noticed milestone last year, as Paul Ryan became our first Prime Minister. Not unlike the head of a European Parliament, Ryan rose to leadership by assembling a coalition with a sub-party, the House Freedom Caucus. That sub-party…
Back in the saddle next week. In the meantime, here are some thoughts on Economics. Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahnemann described his first brush with Economics this way in his Book, Thinking, Fast and Slow: One day in the early…
Greetings from tomorrow. Don’t worry, it’s gonna be fine. Here on the other side of the international date line life is good, but the clock can be confusing. Managed to get a few minutes to check in and thought I’d…
Having a lot of fun on the other side of the world. Thought I’d post a few pics. Got a lot of writing done on the plane. After landing I reviewed said writing and realized it was mostly rubbish. Blaming…
It should be quiet around here for a while. However, facing roughly 40 hours of airplane time over the next two weeks, I expect to be able to do some thinking/writing. Here are a few links that caught my attention…
John Boehner admitted, “I’ve never worked with a more miserable son of bitch in my life” and went on to describe Ted Cruz as “Lucifer in the flesh.” In the Senate, Cruz suggested that fellow Republican Chuck Hagel might be…
From the Washington Post: SpaceX is converting a wonder into a habit. From Transport Evolved: Japan now has more electric charging outlets than gas stations. From Bloomberg: In a feat of vertical integration, Nestle wants to sell diabetes therapies. From…
Thanks a lot Indiana. The race for the delegate count is effectively over. Trump will almost certainly gain the numbers he needs to win on a first ballot – if everyone cooperates in Cleveland. Odds are pretty good that over…
From the Washington Post: What happens when you have virtually no sensible gun regulation or accountability in a nation of 350m people? Toddlers on a rampage. From MarketWatch: Mexican immigration has been declining since 1999. It has been negative since…
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