In Defense of Drudge

Over the past few years so so, there have been grumblings by conservatives that Drudge is anti-Trump, that Drudge is working with the left, or that Drudge has lost his way, etc. Just two days ago, Tucker Carlson called Matt Drudge “firmly a man of the progressive left:” “For decades, Matt Drudge was one of… Continue reading In Defense of Drudge

If Biden Wins…

My inclination is to believe that things will not be as bad under Biden as many on the right are assuming. One would be hard-pressed find a single issue in which Trump has actually successfully resisted the left. I cannot imagine things being worse than they are now in terms of tech censorship, campus radicalization,… Continue reading If Biden Wins…

The labor buffer overflow

The article Buffer Overflow: the Ghastly Future of Work by Fred Reed went viral. It is little surprise his article was a hit: automation and its effects on the US economy and society is a topic that is hotly debated by intellectual-types online in recent years, but also offline in regard to Andrew Yang’s 2020… Continue reading The labor buffer overflow

There will be no post-Covid higher education collapse/day of reckoning

Martin put out this video about “Why Colleges Are Collapsing,” arguing that certification is a better deal than getting a degree. Predictions of the collapse of the college/higher-ed ‘bubble’ due to Covid are vastly premature, and possibly wrong. Coronavirus bursts the US college education bubble Bursting the College Bubble COVID-19 May Be the Needle That… Continue reading There will be no post-Covid higher education collapse/day of reckoning

The Passing of the Second Imperial Age? Likely Not

The Passing of the Second Imperial Age The author concludes: The US’s hegemonic period, now shrinking, often looked like empire, especially the British version, which it mostly replaced. Imperial Britain decreed a “Pax Britannica,” which America then sought to duplicate as a benign “Pax Americana.” Like Britain, the United States established bases and supply stations… Continue reading The Passing of the Second Imperial Age? Likely Not