This is a hilarious X (formerly Twitter) thread on a presentation about “messaging over climate”. Worst messages tested: electric cars, Green New Deal, frontline communities, ‘Big Oil lied’, climate pollution Talking about electric cars especially deadly for Democrats. Women in particular frightened of battery running out. (Interesting gendered spin on range anxiety I hadn’t thought […]
Climate “Communicators” Discover the Best Way to Persuade Voters is to Lie to Them
Climate “Communicators” Discover the Best Way to Persuade Voters is to Lie to Them
26 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, economics of information, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, law and economics, transport economics Tags: electric cars
Extinction Rebellion Dweebs Get Shutdown Quickly on The PGA Tour
25 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, law and economics, sports economics Tags: cranks
Climate Activists from Extinction Rebellion Set off Smoke Bombs as they STORM THE GREEN at the 18th Hole of the PGA Tour as SCOTTIE SCHEFFLERS was finishing his game.
Extinction Rebellion Dweebs Get Shutdown Quickly on The PGA Tour
Rahimi and the Second Amendment: How The Supreme Court Swatted Down Hunter Biden’s Hail Mary Pass
23 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights Tags: 2024 presidential election, gun control
Below is my column on Fox.com on the ruling in United States v. Rahimi and its implications for the Hunter Biden appeal. The hope for a final pass to the Court ended with an 8-1 decision against the challenge to the federal gun law. Here is the column:
Rahimi and the Second Amendment: How The Supreme Court Swatted Down Hunter Biden’s Hail Mary Pass
Good point
23 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights
Snitches Give Stitches: Oregon Moves to Make Reporting Microaggressions Mandatory for Doctors
20 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA Tags: free speech, implicit bias, political correctness, regressive left
There is a controversy in Oregon over a proposed change in the ethics rule from the Oregon Medical Board. At issue is the use of “microaggressions” to discipline doctors and to make reporting such transgressions mandatory for all doctors. It seems before you can give stitches, you have to join snitches under one of the […]
Snitches Give Stitches: Oregon Moves to Make Reporting Microaggressions Mandatory for Doctors
Just Stop Oil Terrorists Desecrate Stonehenge
20 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, law and economics, property rights Tags: British politics, climate activists
The blatant vandalism of a cherished historical site is unlikely to garner public support; instead, it fosters resentment and further polarizes debate, reducing complex scientific and policy discussions to simplistic and destructive acts of rebellion.
Just Stop Oil Terrorists Desecrate Stonehenge
The Corruption of Merrick Garland
17 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: 2024 presidential election
Below is my column in The Hill on the concerning record of Attorney General Merrick Garland on a variety of recent matters, including a frivolous privilege claim to withhold the audiotape of President Joe Biden during the Hur interview. There is a certain corruption of judgment that is evident from this and other decisions by […]
The Corruption of Merrick Garland
New Rule: Capitalism Cells | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
17 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA, television, TV shows
Did the Defense Make Prison More Likely for Hunter Under the Sentencing Guidelines?
16 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: 2024 presidential election
For months, I have been expressing disbelief that Hunter Biden and his defense team were going to take the gun case to trial. Even on the eve of the trial, I thought that the defense might snap into sanity and plead out the case. The reason was simple. A guilty plea would have materially improved […]
Did the Defense Make Prison More Likely for Hunter Under the Sentencing Guidelines?
Does Parliament also need to define taonga?
14 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: constitutional law
Piers Seed writes about the current definition of taonga: According to the Waitangi Tribunal the definition of taonga is: “Treasures’: ‘taonga’. As submissions to the Waitangi Tribunal concerning the Māori language have made clear, ‘taonga’ refers to all dimensions of a tribal group’s estate, material and non-material – heirlooms and wahi tapu (sacred places), ancestral lore…
Does Parliament also need to define taonga?
Hunter Comes Up A Donut Short of a Defense in Delaware
13 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: 2024 presidential election
Below is my column in the New York Post on the conviction of Hunter Biden in Delaware and how his nullification strategy may have backfired. As discussed below, empathy can turn into insult when jurors are given patently implausible theories by the defense. Hunter finally found a group of people who were unwilling to see […]
Hunter Comes Up A Donut Short of a Defense in Delaware
“I Take Responsibility”: Pelosi Admits Fault for the Lack of Security Precautions on January 6th
12 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: 2020 presidential election, 2024 presidential election
For years, some of us have asked why the Capitol was so poorly prepared for the January 6th riot. As part of the coverage on that day, I remarked at the start of the protests that I had never seen the Capitol so thinly protected for a major demonstration. Some paths to the Capitol were…
“I Take Responsibility”: Pelosi Admits Fault for the Lack of Security Precautions on January 6th
Three Strikes might have kept this victim alive
12 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, law and order
The Herald reports: A recidivist offender who shot a small-time Auckland drug dealer while robbing him of his stash and recent gaming machine jackpot had been on electronically monitored post-prison release conditions at the time of the murder – but had cut off his tracking device. That factor of Benjamin “Dekoy” Mcintosh’s murder in June 2022 was highlighted for the […]
Three Strikes might have kept this victim alive
Can Democracy Survive the “Defenders of Democracy”?
11 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: 2016 US presidential election, 2020 presidential election, 2024 presidential election
Below is my column in The Hill on the latest calls to protect democracy with distinctly undemocratic measures. Former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton insisted that the 2024 election was our D-Day, suggesting that voters would have to fight the GOP like the Nazis in World War II. Clinton previously called on Europe to censor American […]
Can Democracy Survive the “Defenders of Democracy”?
On electing gangsters
10 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, law and economics, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: economics of corruption, India
In India it’s common for politicians to have criminal cases against them. Why do voters vote for criminals? One compelling explanation provided by political scientist Milan Vaishnav is that voters often care less about their represntative’s ability to deliver broad-based development or draft good laws, and more about the effectiveness at helping them access limited […]
Haan, goonda hai, magar hamara goonda hai
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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