Corruption at elections in Britain in the 19th century
18 Aug 2023 Leave a comment
Following on from Martin Spychal’s blog about the paper he gave at last month’s ‘From “Old Corruption” to the New Corruption?’ conference, organised jointly by Oxford Brookes and Newman Universities, we hear from our assistant editor Kathryn Rix. She gave the conference keynote, looking at parliamentary efforts to tackle the problem of electoral corruption in […]
Corruption at elections in Britain in the 19th century
“A Monopoly in Expressing its Views”: D.C. Circuit Hands Down Major Free Speech Victory for Pro-Life Group
18 Aug 2023 Leave a comment
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has handed down a major victory for free speech against the District of Columbia. In Frederick Douglass Foundation v. District of Columbia, Judge Neomi Rao reversed district court judge James E. Boasberg who dismissed the challenge by pro-life protesters who alleged that they were treated differently…
“A Monopoly in Expressing its Views”: D.C. Circuit Hands Down Major Free Speech Victory for Pro-Life Group
Argentina Election Shocker
17 Aug 2023 Leave a comment
When I visited Argentina last November to give some speeches, I expressed a lot of pessimism and rhetorically asked whether the country could be rescued. In a column earlier this month, I followed up with two reasons for why Argentina is a basket case: “The short-run answer is modern monetary theory. The long-run answer is […]
Argentina Election Shocker
The Speech-as-Conduct Theory: A Response on the Second Trump Indictment
17 Aug 2023 Leave a comment
In the wake of the second indictment of Donald Trump, many law professors have offered good-faith rationales for why the four counts do not violate the First Amendment. Some of these columns respond to my view that the indictment would criminalize disinformation and political speech. While I respect many of these commentators, including my good […]
The Speech-as-Conduct Theory: A Response on the Second Trump Indictment
He’s the One
16 Aug 2023 Leave a comment
I recently shared my advice for men on finding a wife. Now I’m going to share my advice for women on finding a husband. While a few bigots will object to the idea of males advising females, the only question that genuinely matters is whether my guidance is good. To start, most of my advice…
He’s the One
Monetary policy miscellany
16 Aug 2023 Leave a comment
I did an interview with Mike Hosking this morning on monetary policy and inflation, against the backdrop of this afternoon’s Reserve Bank Monetary Policy Statement. Where we differed seemed to be around wages. Hosking asked how did wage inflation get so high, contributing to the ongoing inflation problem, and suggested that wage earners should now […]
Monetary policy miscellany
Charles Calomiris-“Thinking Historically about Banking Crises and Bailouts”
16 Aug 2023 Leave a comment
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George Reveals Kramer’s First Name | The Switch | Seinfeld
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Bernie Madoff: The Greatest Con in History
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“Oh Georgia, No Peace I Find”: The Fourth Indictment of Donald Trump and the Criminalization of Election Controversies
16 Aug 2023 Leave a comment
Below is my column in The Messenger on the Georgia indictment. As expected, the indictment is a sweeping racketeering based prosecution involving former president Donald Trump and the 18 other defendants. The scope of the alleged conspiracy is massive. “The call” is one of those steps but the famous line that has occupied hours of […]
“Oh Georgia, No Peace I Find”: The Fourth Indictment of Donald Trump and the Criminalization of Election Controversies
Age of Rage: UChicago Report Finds 30 Million Americans View Violence as Justified To Keep Trump from Power
15 Aug 2023 Leave a comment
I recently asked, in light of the free speech implications of the second federal Trump indictment, when the price is too high for those who seek to jail the former president. The chilling answer is found in a new report out of the University of Chicago showing that almost 12 percent of the population, representing […]
Age of Rage: UChicago Report Finds 30 Million Americans View Violence as Justified To Keep Trump from Power
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