Sean Trende wrote a very good piece about the lessons we should draw from Ossoff’s failure in Georgia. (As I noted before, Trende is one of the most interesting political commentators in the US. In fact, if you should read…
Month: June 2017
Last week, in a case about the Asian-American band The Slants, the Supreme Court ruled that the government could not refuse to register a trademark it deems offensive. As the New York Times points out, this probably means that the…
I mentioned Orwell’s famous book on the Spanish Civil War, which I had never read until recently, a few weeks ago. It’s a great book, but it’s not a history book. If you are only going to read one book…
As you know, McConnell finally unveiled the Republican health care bill in Senate, which was immediately described as genocide by liberals. (I say that in jest, but I have no doubt that some people will actually say that, if they…
The Wall Street Journal published a long piece arguing that rural America has become the new inner city. The article doesn’t really talk about politics, but the political implications, especially with respect to the rise of Trump, are pretty obvious.…
As you know, the cop who shot to death Philando Castile last summer was acquitted, which generated a lot of outrage. I don’t know enough about the detail of the death of Philando Castile to know whether the verdict in…
Francisco Vergara a écrit une tribune dans Le Monde il y a quelques années qui explique pourquoi, lorsqu’on parle de la “part” des dépenses publiques dans le PIB, on encourage une confusion. Il fait aussi quelques remarques intéressantes sur les problèmes que…
You have no doubt heard that, not content with interfering in the US presidential election, the Russians have also tried to undermine democracy in Europe. In particular, Moscow has been accused of trying to interfere in the upcoming German election,…
After years of saying I wouldn’t do it, I have finally created a Twitter account, which means that I’m officially cool now. At first, I will just share my blog posts, but when I have some time I plan to…
Just so you know, I have been able to get the data from the CIRP Freshman Survey, which means that I didn’t have to rely on what the Higher Education Research Institute publishes anymore. It’s a good thing because, in…