Should men give up their seats for women?
No, not on the bus or subway – I think it’s taken that if you are gentlemen you will – but in life generally. Matthew Dowd, chief political analyst for …
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Happy 70,000,058th birthday, the Flintstones!
On September 30, 1960, at 8:30 PM, ABC network aired the first episode of Hanna-Barbera-produced “The Flintstones”. The late broadcast hour was a recognition that initially “The Flintstones” were made …
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The Mysterious Case of a Georgetown Party
As the FBI investigates the accusation that Judge Kavanaugh attempted to sexually assault Christine Blasey Ford when in high school, maybe they can dig deeper into this little mystery that …
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One year on, Vegas in the dark
What goes in Vegas stays in Vegas. Monday is the first anniversary of the worst mass shooting in American history: Marquees at resorts along the Las Vegas Strip will go …
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Flakey inputs, Flakey outputs
Doesn’t that picture just look like a Renaissance painting? “The Last Temptation of Flake” by Rembrandt. Anti-Trump retiring Republican Senator Jeff Flake has brokered a compromise of sorts: U.S. Sen. …
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American Horror Story: Confirmation Hearings
Senator Lindsey Graham described today’s proceedings in the US Senate as “the most despicable thing I have ever seen in politics.” From across the pond, Piers Morgan called it “a …
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Till debt do us apart
I feel like the voice crying in the wilderness. I have been writing about government debt, both in the United States and in Australia, for a long time because I …
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Republicans: the more popular the more in trouble?
Two sets of numbers, seemingly contradictory: Forty-five percent of Americans now have a favorable view of the Republican Party, a nine-point gain from last September’s 36%. It is the party’s …
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Not getting Uber rich
Just as I am sceptical of the social claims of tech boosters, I prefer to take my breathless futurism with a grain of salt. Yes, new technology can be disruptive, …
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The left’s Pizzagate
I have not so far written about the absolute bloody circus into which the Senate confirmation hearings for Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh have turned out to be, partly …
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Michael Moore bombs
Anti-Trump books continue to haunt the top of the bestseller lists (most recently Bob Woodward’s “Fear”) but the movies not so much: Unless traffic picks up, Fahrenheit 11/9 is headed for …
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Undocumented, unaccounted and undercounted
You almost feel sorry for them, considering how unpopular this study will make them – this story of three Ivy League academics setting up on a quest to establish that …
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No sexy Halloween Handmaid for you
You all know of course by now that you can’t appropriate other cultures’ artefacts, but did you know you also can’t appropriate wokeness? It turns out maybe oppression isn’t sexy …
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Congratulations Asians, you’re now honorary Caucasians!
The other day, in the context of the dummy spit that Serena Williams has thrown while losing to a half-Japanese, half-Haitian Naomi Osaka, I joked on Facebook that in the …
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Public sector workers’ paradise
How many people are employed in Australia by all three levels of government? If you have answered “too many”, you are correct. If you have answered “almost 2 million”, you’re …
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Christian Devil’s Music
A much maligned music genre has a long history and an interesting present: In 1972, when Larry Norman was still feeling optimistic about his musical career, he set out on …
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Welcome to Fort Trump?
The dream of an US military base in Poland seems one step closer to reality: President Donald Trump said the U.S. is considering a permanent military presence in Poland, something the Eastern European …
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Who’s got the best life?
Over the weekend I come across an article published by the Foundation for Economic Education two years ago, titled “Most of Europe Is a Lot Poorer than Most of the United …
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We have to stop fascism say people supporting China
A lack of self-awareness is a terrible thing to suffer from, or more precisely make other people suffer. It’s even worse when it’s attached to otherwise intelligent and successful people, …
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When Great is Not Good Enough
Things seem to be going quite well across the United States. The economy is growing consistently at a very healthy rate (eat your heart out, Europe), unemployment keeps falling – …
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