I have to say that I’m pretty blown away by Richard Yeselson’s long-form review in The Nation of A History of America in Ten Strikes. Like any good review, he goes into what I try to do an
I came across a couple of different reports last week, and it made sense to put them together. The first is a report doing some serious digging into the real size of the Chinese economy, which large
On March 21, 1866, California passed An Act for the Suppression of Chinese Houses of Ill Fame, an anti-prostitution measure that stood in for a larger anti-Chinese sentiment in that state that would l
Paul Krugman has a great tribute to Alan Krueger, the brilliant Princeton economist who died, apparently by suicide, last weekend: I thought I knew Alan reasonably well and never saw a hint that somet
In my humble opinion as an increasingly frequent traveler, Frontier is an airline best compared to diarrhea. The worst of the worst, this was once a way to get to the West fairly cheap. Now it is a wa
Looks like we’re in for another thrilling installment of Brexit, the referendum on something! Good luck Britain. Theresa May begins her statement to the nation by saying she regrets that UK Parl
Donna Brazile decided to do a sit-down with Chotiner, and as you would expect the results are 100% pure comedy gold: Why did you think it was important to join Fox? Over the last six months, I have ha
With the official announcement of Biden’s candidacy all but certain now, the reasons he would be a truly terrible candidate are coming into sharper focus (see Samuel Johnson on the gallows pole)