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Nov 19, 2020

Don’t Pack the Supreme Court

The election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to the White House has generated a vast enthusiasm among Democrats to “reform the system” with various proposals vying for attention of the incoming Administration. Tax reform, climate change, student debt, infrastructure, civil-police relations: there is a laundry list of progressive proposals…

USA

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Don’t Pack the Supreme Court
Don’t Pack the Supreme Court
USA

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Nov 16, 2020

Do Both Parties Practice “Judicial Obstructionism”?

When Mitch McConnell, the Republican Senate Majority leader, refused to hold hearings for the nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, he argued that no nomination should move forward during an election year[i]. He was echoed by the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Charles Grassley (R-IO), who stated…

SCOTUS

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SCOTUS

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Aug 10, 2018

Trump’s Economy: The Best or The Bubble?

President Trump recently tweeted out his pleasure with the “great financial numbers” that were being announced “almost daily”. …

Economics

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Trump’s Economy: The Best or The Bubble?
Trump’s Economy: The Best or The Bubble?
Economics

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Nov 21, 2017

The Anthropocene — Humanity Is Racing towards a Cliff

This analysis and my own thinking on the correlation between demographics, technology, prices and their manifestation in human societies owes an inestimable debt to the work of David Hackett Fischer and his outstanding work in “The Great Wave: Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History” (Oxford University Press, 11 November…

History

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The Anthropocene — Humanity Is Racing towards a Cliff
The Anthropocene — Humanity Is Racing towards a Cliff
History

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Nov 7, 2017

Catalonia: Change the Rules or Lose the Game

It has been ten days since the Spanish Government imposed an Article 155 sanctioned take-over of Catalonia, provoking a defiant Catalan Parliament to sign a declaration of independence. Subsequent events have been somewhat anti-climactic, even mundane: Carles Puigdemont, desposed President of the Catalan Autonomous Region and unrecognized President of the…

Europe

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Catalonia: Change the Rules or Lose the Game
Catalonia: Change the Rules or Lose the Game
Europe

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Nov 3, 2017

Catalonia Demonstrates the Limits of European Integration

On the 9th of May, 1950 the French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman proposed “to make war not only unthinkable but materially impossible.” His plan was to create a common market of natural resources and production between France and Germany, along with the supranational institutions to administer it. Mr. Schuman hoped…

European Union

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Catalonia Demonstrates the Limits of European Integration
Catalonia Demonstrates the Limits of European Integration
European Union

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Oct 31, 2017

The Most Important Question of Last Year’s Presidential Debates (That No One Asked)

I wrote last year about one of the most flagrant yet unremarked “fixes” in our political system in the aftermath of the first Presidential debate on 28 September. This was the most watched debate in history, with more than 84 million American viewers on TV and an uncounted number more…

Politics

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Politics

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Oct 23, 2017

Catalonia is Already Independent

The suspended declaration of Catalan independence on 10 October was followed by a week of uncertainty and allegations, with both Spanish and Catalan leaders engaging in a tit-for-tat series of accusations more reminiscent of a schoolyard than of two national leaders. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy insisted that Catalan leader…

Politics

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Catalonia is Already Independent
Catalonia is Already Independent
Politics

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Oct 17, 2017

Outside the Box: More Guns for Gun Control?

Outside the Box is a series of articles that proposes unconventional solutions to controversial topics. Their purpose is to attempt to reframe debates that have fallen into ideological ruts and dogmas. Author’s note: I’m a gun owner, a hunter, and a firm supporter of the Second Amendment. I am also…

Guns

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Outside the Box: More Guns for Gun Control?
Outside the Box: More Guns for Gun Control?
Guns

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·Oct 17, 2017

Catalonia Update: Political Prisoners Return to Spain

Spain now has political prisoners for the first time since the dictatorship of the fascist, Francisco Franco. Last night, a Spanish judge ordered the preventive arrest of two of Catalonia’s most outspoken supporters of independence, Jordi Sánchez and Jordi Cuixart. …

Politics

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Politics

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