Category Archives: Politics and Economics

Good Stuff On the Current Crackup

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Or, more honestly: Hey, a cool intellectual — John Gray — who agrees with me and puts the case really well. The liberal pageant is fading, yet liberals find it hard to get by without believing they … Continue reading →

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The MSM Crackup

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: As a former MSM flunky, I spent much of the campaign marveling at how clueless and often plain wrong the establishment press coverage of the election was. The reporting was so out of touch with middle America, and the … Continue reading →

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Quote Du Jour

Posted on November 7, 2016 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: I’ve seen plenty of evidence of this over the past year.

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Quote Du Jour

Posted on October 21, 2016 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Fred Reed’s current column is the best thing yet written about this election as well as a rollickingly fun read. IMHO, of course, but I trust that that’s always understood. Here’s a bit of it: I frankly … Continue reading →

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Quote Du Jour

Posted on October 20, 2016 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: This popped up in my Facebook feed this morning and it sums up pretty well my feelings throughout this election season.

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Squirrel!

Posted on October 12, 2016 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Out of the crooked timber of humanity no straight thing was ever made. –Immanuel Kant “Institution” sounds like a noun, as something permanent that goes well beyond the humans who populate one.  In fact our institutions mostly verbs, … Continue reading →

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Inflection Point

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Fenster

Fenster writes: According to The American Prospect the era of red-blue hyper-partisanship has its origins in the mid-90s.  Around that time American elections became significantly “less variable”. What happened between 1992 and 1996 to make presidential campaigns more stable? For … Continue reading →

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Rana Foroohar’s “Makers and Takers”

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: This is a terrific journalistic account of how our economy and our financial life have come to their current awful states. (Full disclosure: I knew the author a wee bit back in my magazine days, and I liked and respected her.) Foroohar’s book … Continue reading →

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Quotes Du Jour: On the Intellectual Yet Idiot

Posted on September 17, 2016 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Over here, commenter Gary Jones shared some wisdom for ages: Having a high IQ doesn’t prevent you from being stupid. In fact, it lets you be stupid in ever more complex ways. Amplifying on that, Nassim Taleb writes … Continue reading →

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Epistocracy Bah Humbug

Posted on September 13, 2016 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Jason Brennan is the “Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Associate Professor of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.”  Which makes him, I suspect, a smarter man than I. … Continue reading →

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