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James Ceaser is the Harry F. Byrd Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, director of the Program for Constitutionalism and Democracy, and was a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is the author of several books on American politics and American political thought, including...
Remembering A Texan's Role In Ending World War II
This month marks the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Japan. Two atomic bombs named ‘Little Boy’ and ‘Fat Man’ were dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 in an effort to end World War II. A Texan, Major James Hopkins, piloted one of the planes on the Nagasaki mission.
Big Government As The New Terminator
Social observers from Aristotle and Juvenal to James Madison and George Orwell have all warned of the dangers of out-of-control government. Lately, we have seen plenty of proof that they were frighteningly correct.
The War That Must Never Be Fought: Dilemmas Of Nuclear Deterrence
Shultz, who served as U.S. secretary of state from 1982 to 1989, and Goodby, a former U.S. arms negotiator, make the case for governments to take urgent steps toward abolishing nuclear weapons.
No Shortage Of Talent At Space Foundations' Space Technology And Investment Forum
Investing in space to build our future is the subject at hand ... Satnews' Publisher, Silvano Payne attended today's Space Technology and Investment Forum.
How I Found My Inner Warrior At A 'Man Camp' Retreat
James Innes-Smith toughs it out at a 'man improvement' camp to see if he can rediscover his masculinity and navigate a new way forward for his gender.
Job-Saving Technologies
This is an age of anxiety about the job-killing effects of automation, with dire headlines warning that the rise of robots will render entire occupational categories obsolete. But this fatalism assumes that we are powerless to harness what we create to improve our lives – and, indeed, our jobs.
Douglass North, 1920-2015
Many great economists live long lives. James Buchanan, Milton Friedman, F.A. Hayek, Ludwig von Mises, and Gordon Tullock all lived into their nineties.
Questions For Apple
The House Judiciary Committee at 1:00 pm is holding a hearing at which FBI Director James Comey and Apple General Counsel Bruce Sewell will both testify on going dark matters. Here's the live video.
This Man Can Save Us From Trump- And Clinton
He’s retired Marine General James Mattis. He’s an extraordinary American. Yes, it’s a longshot. But he is exactly what we need.
Central Banks As Central Planners
Two news items cropped up this week on the general topic of central banks as emergent central planers.: a nice WSJ editorial by James Mackintosh on QE extended to buying corporate debt, and the Fed's proposed rule governing "Macroprudential" countercyclical capital buffers.
John H. Cochrane For President
"John H. Cochrane for President" is my "call" after reading his article in last week's Wall Street Journal. Mr. Cochrane is a senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution and in my opinion a really smart, and pragmatic, guy.
What To Do About London Housing
James Jirtle, a long-time reader of Marginal Revolution, recently wrote Tyler Cowen and asked his views about what to do about high housing prices in London. Mr. Jirtle listed 11 proposed responses and asked which Tyler thinks "are likely to be effective."
Oregon Delegates Should Lead Republican Revolt Against Donald Trump
Things have been pretty bleak for Oregon Republicans over the past couple of decades. Perhaps an Oregon-led revolution at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland would help change that.
The Lawfare Podcast: Comey Versus The Committee With No Bull
The confrontation this week between FBI Director James Comey and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee would have been a riveting drama-filled showdown over the Clinton email investigation. Except for one fact: Five. Endless. Hours.
Comey's Testimony As Precedent
Let me start by saying that I do not dissent from FBI Director James Comey's decision to give the remarkably fulsome account we saw this week of the Hillary Clinton email investigation, both in his lengthy statement Tuesday and, particularly, in his marathon testimony yesterday.
Political Conventions 101: How They Work And Why They're Important
National political conventions are filled with things Americans love—stirring music, rousing speeches, balloons, banners, talk of greatness and solidarity. They also used to be filled with surprises: In 1880, Republicans expected to nominate either former president Ulysses S. Grant or his biggest rival, Sen. James Blaine.
Comey Failed To Act In The Public Interest
On July 5, FBI Director James Comey delivered a prepared statement summarizing the bureau’s yearlong investigation of Hillary Clinton’s use of a personal email system during her tenure as secretary of state.
Republicans For Hillary
Every day one or more prominent Republicans announce their opposition to Donald Trump and support for Hillary Clinton. The latest (August 23, 2016) is James Glassman, founding executive director of the George W. Bush Policy Institute at SMU in Dallas, Texas.
Finish Construction On Dakota Access Now
Right now the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia is poised to hear an appeal from a September 9, 2016 decision by U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg that refused, at the request of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe (SRST), to enjoin the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) in an area near and around Lake Oahe in North Dakota.
A World Cup In The Battle Of Ideas
Markus Brunnermeier, Harald James and Jean-Pierre Landau have just published a fascinating book, The Euro and the Battle of Ideas, in which they bring together their respective skills in economic theory, economic history and economic policy to bear on one of the most important macroeconomic problems of our times—the rules versus discretion debate.