Cadorna Snatches Defeat From The Jaws of Victory I THE GREAT WAR Week 108
19 Aug 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
Texans Asked To Cut Electricity Use, As Wind Power Drops Off
18 Aug 2023 Leave a comment
By Paul Homewood h/t Dave Ward What a surprise!! https://twitter.com/ERCOT_ISO/status/1692212135005237465 Fortunately Texas still has plenty of gas generation: https://www.eia.gov/electricity/gridmonitor/dashboard/electric_overview/balancing_authority/ERCO
Texans Asked To Cut Electricity Use, As Wind Power Drops Off
What did the Americas Look like before and after Conquest? | Thomas Sowell
18 Aug 2023 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, Thomas Sowell
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
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