- Israelis hit the beach. None of the comments I saw paid any tribute to…you’ll see.
- James Buchanan on the Chicago School. Thoughts on the school from Virginia.
- A Profession with an Egalitarian Core. Economists have confirmation bias.
- Why Nations Fail. Acemoglu and Robinson give us an excerpt from their popular book.
- Bush’s War (and Part 2). Top-ranking Democrats thought Iraq had WMDs too. Therefore, the Iraq War was…a success? A good idea? A noble cause? Imagine trying to pitch these arguments to specialists (or laymen) in any field, anywhere in the world.
- An Ottoman map of Africa from the 17th century.
Comment on Brandon’s comment on my Bush’s War 2 : I think the first sentence just shows bad faith. It does not refer to what I said. Got to go. I have unimportant things to do.
Off to inspect the true color of unicorn horns?
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