Bryan Caplan wrote a very good essay in The Atlantic in which he makes the case that investment in education is socially wasteful. It’s based on a forthcoming book he wrote on that issue, which I’m sure will be very…
Tag: Russia
A week ago, the Washington Post broke another non-story on Trump’s imaginary collusion with Russia during the election, by revealing that Sessions had discussed “campaign-related matters” with Kislyak, Russia’s ambassador to the US, during the campaign. I wanted to write a…
There are few books which completely change your way of thinking about a historical episode, especially one that has received as much attention as Word War 2, but Adam Tooze’s history of the Third Reich’s economy is one of them.…
I thought my last post on the Trump/Russia nonsense was clear, but it must not have been clear enough, since I’m still accused of having moved the goalposts on this story. In fact, not only have I done no such…
A few days ago, the New York Times published yet another story about the allegations that Trump’s campaign had colluded with Russia during thee election, which has since then resulted in massive hysteria in the media. It may have been…
People at CNN often throw a tantrum because Trump say they are fake news. Of course, they’re not really mad, because they know it’s good for business to be one of Trump’s targets. Anyone who is targeted by Trump automatically becomes…
Some of the people who criticized my post in April just repeated some of the claims made by Higgins in the debate he had with Postol about the attack in Ghouta of August 2013. For instance, he claims that even…
My post about the chemical attack in Syria last year has been widely shared and some people have criticized it, so I wanted to reply to some of the criticisms, which is long overdue. (If you haven’t read it yet,…
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,…
Some people have expressed frustration with my last post about the Russia/ Trump nonsense, on the ground that it’s not as detailed as usual. It’s true that it isn’t, but as I explained, that’s because I don’t have time. If…