That’s Somebody Else’s Car. Leave It Alone.“Fights between individuals, as well as governments and nations” Nikola Tesla wrote in 1905, “invariably result from misunderstandings in…3d ago3d ago
Will The Courts Protect Us? A Ghost StorySince Donald Trump’s second presidential inauguration on January 20, the news cycle keeps coming back around to two questions.5d ago5d ago
Trump Auto Tariffs: File Under “Victory, Pyrrhic”Effective April 3, US president Donald Trump announced on March 26, Americans will pay a 25% tax (above and beyond existing taxes) on…Mar 27Mar 27
Mixed Signal: The Other Side of the “Unitary Executive” CoinPresident Donald Trump meets with his cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Thursday, March 6, 2025. (Official White House Photo…Mar 25Mar 25
Cleveland Rocks (In Some Ways Trump Should But Doesn’t)I might have missed Grover Cleveland’s 188th birthday on March 18 if Paul Jacob hadn’t pointed it out in his own column on the man who (as…Mar 23Mar 23
AI Learning: Hollywood Channels The Antebellum South’s Anti-Literacy LawsTony Gilroy, creator/showrunner of (among many other projects) of the Disney+ Star Wars series Andor, said in 2023 that he planned to…Mar 20Mar 20
Turn Off That (Government) Radio!On March 14, US president Donald Trump signed an executive order reducing “statutory functions of unnecessary governmental entities to what…Mar 18Mar 18
Schumer’s Surrender: Much Ado About Nothing Surprising“House Democrats erupted into apoplexy,” Axios reported on March 14, “after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said he would…Mar 15Mar 15
One Way The Other: Is Trump Driving Us Down The Road To War?In early March, US president Donald Trump upped the stakes on his previous musings about purchasing Greenland from Denmark. “We need it…Mar 13Mar 13
How Losing An Eye Could Make The World A Better PlaceEight decades after the “Anglosphere” powers (the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand) codified their World War intelligence…Mar 11Mar 11