This review of two books on modern Indian economics and politics provides on-point discussion of our concept of “political efficacy.” You may recall: The point of this article is the Indian political system has half-converted to the free market, so that its politics has embraced it only partially, diluting its benefits and limiting common understanding of …
by Prof Michael Boskin of Stanford. Let’s establish his perspective: he’s a conservative who served in the HW Bush administration. Nevertheless, he’s an honest academic, and his Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal earlier this week nails it. Key points: – the ACA model is inherently defective as it treats all insured equally, which violates …
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I was going to give you guys a rant on Mandela’s passing, but Juan Williams said it all the then some. This is the best eulogy I have seen so far. – Bromley —————————————————————— Juan Williams: My Meetings With Mandela Fresh from prison, he granted an interview—then quizzed me about a topic that fascinated him: …
This one was in draft form from during our class, but it reinforces a huge lesson I wanted to convey to you guys during the class, something called “confirmation bias.” Confirmation bias is the idea that one perceives evidence through the lense of preconceptions. This is how two honest people can view the same facts …
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Try this one: http://m.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/07/what-if-you-had-to-earn-american-citizenship/309398/ I’ll tell you later what I got. Btw, I went to the 150th anniversary celebration at Gettysburg last month, and they ran a citizenship swearing-in ceremony at the end of the event. Very cool and so moving. Justice Scalia presided. The citizenship oath is very serious, and it is still tied to …