Milton Friedman’s answer to the question, circa 1972: I think it’s in their own self-interest, in a double way. First, in a collectivist society, intellectuals have more power than they do in a free enterprise system. In the 1930s, the … Continue reading →
San Gimignano is a lovely place, but not quite as lovely when all the parking lots are full and you must circle around and around the town loop looking for a space to open up in one of the lots, … Continue reading →
…now there’s a new ebola epidemic. So far this one seems to involve a higher percentage of health care workers than previous epidemics. But now there are more tools to deal with ebola than ever before. There seems to be … Continue reading →
Surprise! I’ve been traveling for close to 24 hours. I’ll tell you all about it tomorrow or later tonight (well, not all about it, but something about it). I still plan to post regularly during my trip, on the usual … Continue reading →
…that become less contentious.
Continue reading →[BUMPED UP—scroll down for new posts.] Like maybe, a new neo? Photo, that is. That’s just one of the new photos I took. I’ve had some fun with this, including some rather wild ones (wild by my standards, that is). … Continue reading →
Fixed! Let me know if it’s working okay for you. The old photos should return, as well, sometime in the next few weeks. The person who’s been helping me is very busy right now, but at some point it should … Continue reading →
Pull up a chair, sit down, and look around. What do you think?
Continue reading →It’s nitpicky and tedious work to analyze the FISA application, its flaws, and the claims made about it. But there are a few people who consistently do thorough and reliable work, and so I recommend you read what they have … Continue reading →
…is anyone on earth taking advice from James Comey? [NOTE: This post was originally on my older blog and had comments, but unfortunately the comments didn’t transfer over here.]
Continue reading →These last few days have been especially wearying and disheartening in terms of politics, haven’t they? It’s one of those situations in which no matter how low I tune my expectations, people continue to go lower, and they do it … Continue reading →
Can’t stand one of them, really really like the other one. But when two people look alike, they look alike.
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