In the 2024 campaign, the presidency itself is the problem. Discover the absurd and menacing rise of the modern presidency in Gene Healy’s book “The Cult of the Presidency.” cato.org/books/the-cult…

Counterpoint: I do and I will!

13 September 1974. The 1st episode of Rockford Files was broadcast, on the US-NBC network. It starred James Garner as an LA private detective, Jim Rockford. There were 6 series.

On this date in 1974, The Rockford Files premiered on NBC, introducing audiences to Jim Rockford, a laid-back yet resourceful private investigator played by James Garner. Unlike the hard-nosed detectives of the time, Rockford was a reluctant hero who preferred fishing to…

So the Ukraine war is escalating and they’re going to be firing missiles deep into Russian territory? Is Joe or Kamala going to brief the nation on our proxy war with an opponent with a big nuclear arsenal?

CORMAC MCCARTHY—ANATOMY OF A PARAGRAPH: This is one of my favorite passages from ALL THE PRETTY HORSES. Here’s what I see Cormac doing, technically: 1. Starts with a short, physically-grounded sentence: “They rode out along the fenceline and across the open pastureland.”

Your Honor, by its indefiniteness it shadows forth the heartless voids and immensities of the universe, and thus stabs us in the back with the thought of annihilation. Wonder ye then at the fiery hunt?

Amazing. No notes.

Pick your poison: caudillo on a vengeance jag or HR administrator with nuclear weapons? The competing visions of the office in the Trump/Harris race make clear that, in Election 2024, the presidency *itself* is the problem: cato.org/blog/cult-pres…

Good idea, Rand Paul. As we document in a forthcoming Cato Institute brief, many old, vague, & discretionary laws authorize POTUS to raise tariffs w/out congressional approval. And US courts have been unable/unwilling to check recent abuses of these laws. Congress should act.

Subtle praise for Jerry Ford in Michigan, smart

My colleague Gene Healy has a new edition of his great book "The Cult of the Presidency" out now. Timely, no? cato.org/blog/cult-pres… ##CultofthePresidency via Cato Institute

SHOHEI OHTANI HAS DONE IT 50 HOME RUNS | 50 STOLEN BASES HISTORY

It’s a roiling, slow motion crisis if you’re not able to fully transition into adulthood by your 30s and this problem at scale is going to be determinative in our politics.