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Consultant Gleb Tsipursky recently examined the latest iteration of what I like to call the "Asses in Seats" method of management: Using the commutes of the people one should be managing as proof-of-work. Tipursky's analysis is quite thoughtful. For example, he considers gains in productivity seen with working from hom
At The Hill , an alarmed Republican bemoans Trump's latest unforced error: His ridiculous trade war with Canada. Surprisingly enough (for Trump, at least), slapping huge import taxes on the biggest international trading partner of many "red" states is harming their economies in ways voters will probably notice, and cor
One of the most eye-opening and disappointing aspects of the rise of Donald Trump has been the apparent decline of conservative journalism. I say apparent because I have to allow for the possibility that, until that john came along, I just wasn't good at recognizing prostitutes when I saw them. That could, in a way, sp
Back in July, Veronique de Rugy of the Cato Institute considered the costs of Trump's anti-immigration agenda, and finds them exorbitant. The gist of this well-argued and alarming piece: ...STEM students who stay in the U.S. after graduation "patent new inventions at four times the rate of typical college graduates and
A Friday Hodgepodge 1 . " 9/11 -- 25 Years Later: Objectivism, Islamic Totalitarianism, and America's Crisis of Ideas ," by Elan Journo, Onkar Ghate, and Yaron Brook ( New Ideal ): September 11, 2001 -- and America's response to it -- shaped the 21st century. Confidence in America's ability to win wars cracked, trust i
The saying extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence can be a guardian against being mislead, but only when one recognizes a claim as being extraordinary. That can be harder than it seems, as a recent Dr. Nerdlove reply to a young man (who has let the "manosphere" convince him he has no romantic prospects) in
"This is just the pure religious nature of the climate catastrophist movement. It has one commandment: 'thou shalt not impact nature.' They just think that everything good is a happy climate god and everything bad is a vengeful climate god." -- Alex Epstein *** According to John Stossel, world leaders and corporations
Michael Tomasky of The New Republic predicts a "tidal wave" against Trump in this fall's midterms. I am skeptical of a tidal wave: Gerrymandering will mute the bloodbath Trump deserves, and might save his party in one or both chambers of Congress, but Tomasky has successfully defied the conventional wisdom in the past:
Donald Trump's looniness about elections is both red meat for his base and a pretext for doing whatever he thinks he can get away with to " find the votes " he wants in the next election. Accordingly, his legislative efforts at " reform " should serve as a shot across the bow. It does not nelp at all to hear that DHS S
A Friday Hodgepodge 1 . " One Contradiction in the Fear of Laissez-Faire ," by Harry Binswanger ( Value for Value ): The operative image of economic regulation is that of a huge truck without steering or brakes. "We have to have those instruments of control, or the truck will go careening off the side of a cliff." The
... Etiquette, Vaccination, and More Twice yesterday, I encountered two of my favorite commentators urging a more self-interested discussion of two things America would do much better with more of: etiquette and vaccination. Both were a breath of fresh air, but I'll start with the one that mildly surprised me, although
Ron DeSantis, whose Covid-era anti-lockdown policies have morphed into an anti-vaccination agenda, has received pushback from an unexpected source and for an unexpected reason: Catholic schools oppose being forced to grant religious exemptions for their vaccination requirements. Beth Mole of Ars Technica does a good jo
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