Great conversation: Brian Brushwood on why we fall scams--in politics along with everything else. And how we can upgrade our BS detectors. Via reason youtu.be/mx4NzTzTsGk?si…

My late father, John Gillespie, was born on May 22, 1923. With Memorial Day coming up soon, I thought I'd share this photo of him at age 21, taken before he shipped out to Europe to participate in the Normandy campaign; he was wounded in combat in Germany and received a Purple

How many people who believe the nonsense about a "white genocide" in South Africa actually did any of their own research? It's an extremely violent country but there is simply no evidence of genocide. They have not (yet) turned into Zimbabwe, haven't yet used the expropriation

This whole episode may be the most damning indictment of "journalism" in American history. All of these people who clearly aided and abetted in the long coverup of Biden's decline, which was obviously already occurring during his Basement Campaign of 2019 owe the nation an

anyone else having trouble with X "schedule" function this morning?

Ah we’re back to manic tariff posting mornings I see

Great note by Alex Epstein on "renewable" nonsense, subsidies, and nuclear power: open.substack.com/pub/alexepstei…

If you like rollercoasters, you'll love populism.

Dan, it's not (just) that you're talking to people who don't understand. You're talking to people who don't want to understand.

There's a lot of evil in this world. Way too much of it is at my alma mater and other "elite" schools. There's a reason that for 25 years I've been urging my dad (who also went to Columbia University) not to give them any money. It's been a haven for antisemitism since I was there.

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Remember when you start seeing/hearing Senate debate on #OneBigBeautifulBill: Josh Hawley is by far the worst Republican in the Senate. He's basically a socially conservative Democrat and a disaster for the GOP brand.

If we're going to save this country from the guy who's gonna wreck the economy in the name of saving it, this lawsuit (and similar suits) need to progress faster. pacificlegal.org/press-release/… I don't think Trump has the authority to impose these tariffs. And he has too much authority

What a great day for American energy policy. Congratulations to Secretary Chris Wright for what must have been very significant influence on the policy discussion. Thank you to Donald J. Trump for issuing executive orders aimed at spurring the growth of nuclear power in the US. This

My dad had the best comment about Trump's nonsense about "white genocide" in South Africa: Maybe it'll teach South Africa to stop with their outrageous claims that Israel is committing genocide.

Great take here...

Not a bad question

I did listen to the speech today. It was very strange. He has a strange brain.