A Discontinuity That’s Certain, and Probably NegativeFour possible economic outcomes of the election: status quo, disruption, deregulation, or recession, all divergent and depending on who…Oct 7Oct 7
What This Country Needs is …We were hiking along the West Highland Way when we ran into an old fashioned conservative Republican. She felt she had nowhere to go.Aug 171Aug 171
Safety ValveIn which we deputize a coconspirator as insurance against our plan possibly going sidewaysJun 21Jun 21
Coats and Ties Can’t Hide the Nature of Adolescent BoysIn which a bad boy and chaos architect is expelled from an elite school but still gets the last laugh.Jun 10Jun 10
The Missing Voice Of Charlie HebdoA chance discovery of a French satirical writer and political cartoonist leads to a lifelong inquiry into the nature of free expression.Jun 6Jun 6
High DesertGetting out of L.A. wasn’t hard. In the early 1970s, drivers still tended to pick up hitchhikers. But the empty desert lay ahead.Dec 5, 20233Dec 5, 20233
All This China Bashing is Just a SmokescreenIt’s fashionable these days to dump on China, but some of the bashers have hidden motives.Jun 28, 20231Jun 28, 20231
Penetrating the Dissimulations of Microsoft and GoogleBroken Outlook email won’t let you view active content from fancy senders, but try to get Microsoft to own up to that or Google to help…May 17, 2023May 17, 2023
