Ted Kennedy: A Life by John A. Farrell 752 pages Penguin Press Published: Oct 2022 “Ted Kennedy: A Life” is John Farrell’s just-released biography of the youngest son of Joseph P. Kennedy. Farrell is a former correspondent for The Boston Globe who has written biographies of Tip O’Neill and Richard Nixon (a Pulitzer Prize finalist […]
Review of “Ted Kennedy: A Life” by John A. Farrell
Review of “Ted Kennedy: A Life” by John A. Farrell
15 May 2026 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of education, economics of media and culture, politics - USA
Review of “G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century” by Beverly Gage
14 May 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of media and culture, politics - USA
G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century by Beverly Gage 864 pages Viking (Penguin Random House) Published: Nov 2022 One of 2022’s most notable new biographies is Beverly Gage’s long-awaited “G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century.” Gage is a professor of American history at Yale University […]
Review of “G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century” by Beverly Gage
Bill Maher’s newest rule: young people and political violence
13 May 2026 Leave a comment
in politics - USA, television, TV shows
This week Bill Maher’s comedy-and-news bit is about the “Assassination Generation,” referring to all the young men who kill or commit arson for ideological reasons. As we know, a big proportion of young people (about 40%) think that political violence is sometimes warranted. As you might expect, Maher deplores this behavior and the ideas behind…
Bill Maher’s newest rule: young people and political violence
Three Months In: EPA’s Endangerment Finding Repeal Has Quietly Become a Legal Fight, not a Scientific One
12 May 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of climate change, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice
For all the talk of finally relitigating the underlying climate science, the EPA’s final rule does almost none of that. It does not argue that greenhouse gases fail to qualify as pollutants. It does not litigate model sensitivities, the surface temperature record, attribution methodology, or any of the empirical questions that WUWT contributors and others…
Three Months In: EPA’s Endangerment Finding Repeal Has Quietly Become a Legal Fight, not a Scientific One
Dump and Pump: Law Professor Suggests Extreme Method to Save Virginia Redistricting
11 May 2026 Leave a comment
in politics - USA Tags: constitutional law
After the Virginia Supreme Court rejected the results of the recent Democratic effort to effectively wipe out Republican representation in…
Dump and Pump: Law Professor Suggests Extreme Method to Save Virginia Redistricting
The Gerrymander Debacle in Virginia Leaves the Democratic Party with a Dangerous Agenda
09 May 2026 Leave a comment
in politics - USA Tags: constitutional law
Below is my column in the New York Post on the decision of the Virginia Supreme Court to nullify the…
The Gerrymander Debacle in Virginia Leaves the Democratic Party with a Dangerous Agenda
Harrison R. Tyler (1928 – 2025)
09 May 2026 Leave a comment
in politics - USA Tags: life expectancies
Harrison Ruffin Tyler – the last living grandson of the 10th president John Tyler – died this past Sunday evening, May 25th at the age of 96. Harrison Tyler was a businessman, a chemical engineer and a passionate preservationist. In the mid-1970s Harrison purchased, and spent years restoring, Sherwood Forest Plantation, America’s longest framed home […]
Harrison R. Tyler (1928 – 2025)
“Baseless and Insulting”: Three Justices Chastise Jackson for a “Groundless and Utterly Irresponsible” Claims Over the Finalizing of the Voting Rights Opinion
06 May 2026 Leave a comment
in politics - USA Tags: constitutional law
Since her appointment by President Joe Biden, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has quickly developed a radical and chilling…
“Baseless and Insulting”: Three Justices Chastise Jackson for a “Groundless and Utterly Irresponsible” Claims Over the Finalizing of the Voting Rights Opinion
Shell Speech: Why the Second Comey Indictment is Likely to Fail
29 Apr 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: free speech
Below is my column on Fox.com on the second indictment of former FBI director James Comey. Despite being one of…
Shell Speech: Why the Second Comey Indictment is Likely to Fail
The wrestling cartoonist with a vituperative vocabulary who has passed muster with the Greens
29 Apr 2026 Leave a comment
in politics - New Zealand, politics - USA
Bob Edlin writes – PoO was steered by David Farrar, on Kiwiblog, to the Green Party’s selection of a Samoan cartoonist as its candidate for the seat of Mangere in the General Election this year. But neither the candidate’s ethnicity, nor his profession, prompted Farrar’s expression of concern in an article on Kiwiblog headed … […]
The wrestling cartoonist with a vituperative vocabulary who has passed muster with the Greens
The Washington Post vs Elizabeth Warren
25 Apr 2026 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of media and culture, fiscal policy, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics Tags: taxation and entrepreneurship, taxation and investment, taxation and labour supply
People sometimes will get excited about big-picture tax fights – whether politicians should raise taxes, whether they should add a VAT, or whether they should scrap the IRS for a flat tax. On the other had, there are a handful of tax issues that induce drowsiness but are nonetheless very important for purposes of tax […]
The Washington Post vs Elizabeth Warren
The Disbarment of John Eastman: The California Bar Bags a Trump Lawyer and Leaves Troubling Questions
23 Apr 2026 Leave a comment
in law and economics, politics - USA Tags: 2020 presidential election
Below is my column in the California Post and New York Post on the disbarment of John Eastman. I criticized…
The Disbarment of John Eastman: The California Bar Bags a Trump Lawyer and Leaves Troubling Questions
Breaking: Major Under-the-Radar SCOTUS Decision on Climate Lawfare
22 Apr 2026 1 Comment
in economics of climate change, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights Tags: nuisance suits
There are Supreme Court decisions that arrive with fanfare, and then there are those that quietly rearrange the legal landscape in ways that only become obvious after the dust settles. Today’s decision in Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish belongs firmly in the latter category. It is not packaged as a climate case. It does…
Breaking: Major Under-the-Radar SCOTUS Decision on Climate Lawfare
Why the Cost of Your Coffee Has Soared—and Isn’t Going Down Soon
21 Apr 2026 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, international economics, politics - USA Tags: tarrifs
By Inti Pacheco of The WSJ. Excerpts:”Behind the jump: Extreme weather, including droughts in Brazil and Vietnam, had hit coffee crops. And even before any tariff increases, hedge-fund bets anticipating the levies were pushing commodity prices higher.” (droughts cause supply to shift to the left which raises price)”Then in July, President Trump slapped an additional 40%…
Why the Cost of Your Coffee Has Soared—and Isn’t Going Down Soon
IMF and World Bank Misled by Climate Obsession (Lomborg, Bessent)
19 Apr 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, politics - USA
The above video includes a conversation between Bjorn Lomborg and Scott Bessent at the annual IIF gathering (Institute of International Finance). The introduction by IIF CEO Tim Adams starts about 11 minutes in. For those who prefer reading, below is a lightly edited transcript of comments back and forth, along with some added images. TA […]
IMF and World Bank Misled by Climate Obsession (Lomborg, Bessent)
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