The op-ed by Pankaj Mishra, “The Religion of Whiteness Becomes a Suicide Cult,” is just an erudite-sounding rant against white people. It’s arguable that much of Mishra’s erudition is due to the British colonial empire which brought India into the… Read More »NYT Racist Op-Ed
There is a relatively easy solution to concerns about Russian hacking of American elections: just use paper ballots. Some states are probably completely dependent on electronic voting now, but they can have paper ballots printed up quickly. If the Secretary… Read More »Paper Ballots
The media is going crazy about the fact that Donald Trump revoked the security clearance of former CIA chief John Brennan. Trump has been criticized by a number of senior former intelligence and military professionals. The media has particularly emphasized… Read More »George Marshall vs. John Brennan
I just watched John Oliver’s “Last Week Tonight” show on trade and I was disappointed. Usually his main topic is well done, but tonight’s was not. He said there is no such thing as a trade deficit, when clearly there… Read More »John Oliver on Trade
This New Yorker article, “How Bill Browder Became Russia’s Most Wanted Man,” discusses a number of people who worked on passing the Magnitsky Act, most of whom were Jewish, including: Bill Browder himself Edmond Safra, Browder’s billionaire partner in Hermitage… Read More »The New Yorker on Bill Browder