Nick Cohen on the great betrayal by the left of the antifascist cause
22 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of religion, liberalism
Andrew Sullivan on tribalism
22 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
I’ve watched with approbation as Andrew Sullivan, with whom I’ve often disagreed, seems to have mellowed, becoming at least a centrist instead of a conservative, and remaining mum about his mystifying Catholicism. Sullivan’s nice new column in New York Magazine, on tribalism, starts with Jon Haidt and Greg Lukianoff’s new book, The Coddling of the American Mind, and then goes into the bitter and acerbic polarization of the American electorate, as exemplified by the fracas around Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination (I still am unable to automatically equate accusations with fact) and the firing of the New York Review of Books editor Ian Buruma simply because he published a piece by an accused sexual assailant (Jian Ghomeshi) who was acquitted. Sometimes I feel the world has gone mad, and I no longer know where I fit in. I can’t align with the extreme Left, whose actions often seem fascistic…
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Why didn’t the Soviets invade Japan?
22 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War II
From Cold War To Hot Peace
22 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, International law, politics - USA Tags: Cold War, Russia
#OTD Edward R. Murrow from a London rooftop during the Blitz – 22 Sept. 1940
22 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War II
40 Years of Peace: Israel and Egypt
21 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in defence economics, International law, war and peace Tags: Egypt, Israel
Say, CJR: Never hurts to check your archives
21 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
It may seem picky to dispute claims that the Watergate reporting of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein “exposed the coverup” the Nixon administration put in place to deflect investigators’ attention from the scandal’s signal crime, the break-in at Democratic National Headquarters in June 1972.
But, really, it isn’t picky, because to credit Woodward and Bernstein with unraveling the coverup is to distort and exaggerate their marginal overall contributions to uncovering Watergate.
Thus, this post, which calls attention to such a claim in Columbia Journalism Review’s takeout about Woodward’s new book, the latest to describe a chaotic Trump administration.
The journalism review article says that Woodward and Bernstein, in their reporting for the Washington Post, “used the most famous anonymous source in American history — FBI Associate Director Mark Felt a.k.a. ‘Deep Throat’ — to expose the cover-up behind the…
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German Animal Lovers Boycott Wind Power: Vegans Incensed by Bloody Bird & Bat Slaughter
21 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
German vegans have mounted a boycott against wind power, incensed by the pointless and bloody slaughter of millions of birds and bats.
Irony comes in many sizes and shapes, but the idea of one group of moralising zealots taking on another group of moralising zealots, is simply delicious (so to speak).
The concept of carnivorous wind and sun worshippers going toe to toe with tofu and mung bean munching Germans throws up the opportunity for a new form of blood-sport, a bit like bear-baiting, in the Deutschland of old.
At least one electricity retailer has decided to deliver up the kind of electricity that might just satisfy the ethically fussy palates of German vegans. The cleverly named ‘Vegawatt’ promises to deliver electricity to satisfy all animal lovers, including hard-core vegos.
Although, STT is not quite sure how Vegawatt proposes separating its morally sound megawatts from the unethical stuff, enabling it…
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No @NZTreasury staff head-hunted by a hedge fund despite their spotting the value of @ProfSteveKeen’s Minsky software for predicting another GFC
21 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in financial economics, global financial crisis (GFC), macroeconomics
The Minsky software for predicting the next financial crisis is relying on Internet crowdfunding to get off the ground. No hedge funds are beating their way to Professor Steve Keen’s door.
But did Ed Prescott consider whether a central bank can cause a recession if it really, really tried?
21 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in business cycles, Edward Prescott, macroeconomics, monetary economics Tags: real business cycle theory
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