Scott Sumner posted this beautiful exchange between Ronald Reagan and George Bush Sr. on immigration. Scott titles the post "when the GOP still had some decency," which I think he should more accurately state as "when the two leading GOP presidential candidates still had some decency."
We are happy to learn, via Secrecy News, that the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) has weighed in constructively on the pre-publication review issue that we first wrote about.
I'm still scratching my head at co-blogger Scott Sumner's recent post titled "You're not special." It seems like a combination of extreme subjectivism, denial of subjectivism, putting his thumb on the obvious, and argument from authority.
John Adams's famous aspiration is not our reality: We live in a government of men, as well as laws. One of those men, the most powerful of them all, may soon be Donald Trump.
Hoover Institution fellow Niall Ferguson discusses his Google Zeitgeist lecture on the fatal recipe for populism and the lessons for our time. Ferguson notes that populism is fundamentally influencing politics in the US and around the world.
World renowned economic commentator and professor Niall Ferguson mused on Sunday Business if the US Federal Reserve has become the world’s central bank.
This week, two leading conservative writers made cases for why queasy Republicans should (or will) suck it up and eventually support Donald Trump. This happened, somewhat hilariously, the same week in which Trump spent approximately 15 minutes mocking various Republicans at a California rally; publicly bashed New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez, a well-liked rising star in the GOP; and blatantly lied about telling a previous blatant lie about raising $6 million for veterans.
Past crises seem like small headaches compared to the challenges the European Union is facing today, Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves said speaking at the Stanford University on May 23rd, cites LETA/BNS.
The Washington Post introduces its new Global Opinions section which greatly expands The Post’s mix of viewpoints by adding contributing columnists and fresh voices from major regions across the world.
