If he is returned to the White House, former President Donald Trump promises new rounds of higher tariffs that would target nearly all imports into the United States, drive up prices for consumers and businesses, and weaken America’s economy. But campaign trail promises often melt away under the practical and legal realities of governing. To […]
Israel appears to have begun its long-planned ethnic cleansing of northern Gaza, with the IDF dropping bombs, issuing evacuation orders for multiple hospitals, attacking civilians with sniper drones, and besieging civilian populations in order to force tens of thousands of people to either move south or die. Israel has reportedly been dropping leaflets on the Jabalia refugee camp ordering people to leave, and then shooting anyone who tries […]
Earlier this week, a Jewish cohost of CBS Mornings conducted a somewhat hostile interview with a prominent critic of Israel. There shouldn’t be anything particularly notable about this—it is the job of journalists to ask probing questions, and for skilled thinkers to address them. And yet the episode has produced a meltdown at CBS, with some […]
Reminder: Our online Zoom conference on open borders continues with Bryan Caplan, the author of the excellent book Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration, on Monday, October 14, at 7 p.m.-8 p.m. Eastern Time. Register here. Reminder: I’ll be speaking at the JFK Lancer conference and also at the CAPA conference, which are being […]
Reminder: Our online Zoom conference on open borders continues with Bryan Caplan, the author of the excellent book Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration, on Monday, October 14, at 7 p.m.-8 p.m. Eastern Time. Register here. Reminder: I’ll be speaking at the JFK Lancer conference and also at the CAPA conference, which are being […]
Reminder: Our online Zoom conference on open borders continues with Bryan Caplan, the author of the excellent book Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration, on Monday, October 14, at 7 p.m.-8 p.m. Eastern Time. Register here. Reminder: I’ll be speaking at the JFK Lancer conference and also at the CAPA conference, which are being […]
Three million Americans without power this morning: Hurricane Milton made landfall overnight close to Siesta Key, Florida, as a Category 3 storm with maximum wind speeds of 120 mph. Fatalities have already been reported due to tornadoes that formed as a result of the storm. The hurricane has now weakened to a Category 1, but millions […]