I think [Thiel's] big-picture story, that heavy regulation slows progress, is basically right. But I also think he missed a lot of more-subtle technological change that has improved things in many industries...
Raffaela earlier posted the President’s implementation procedures for Section 1022 of the NDAA–that is, the not-so-mandatory military detention provision. I have only had a chance to read it over quickly, but here’s a quick and dirty summary...
The finding -- reported by the Times this weekend -- that really good, and really bad, teachers are evenly distributed around New York City is jaw-dropping news...But assume it's true. What are the implications?...
The founders of this great nation did us the favor of overthrowing an imperial monarch. If we keep talking like we have an imperial president, we may just find ourselves with one...
The United Nations' nuclear agency reported Friday that Iran has recently increased its production of higher–grade enriched uranium...The relationship between Iran and the US is already tense — how will the United States navigate this latest development?...
