My sense is that to the degree that they have different accents, it’s class based, not regional. That is, most of the people I meet are probably upper middle, whereas someone Rugby Union might speak strine so thick that it would be almost unintelligible to me.
Category Archives: Education
Federalism
After too many decades, almost a century, the people have pulled aside the curtain, and the man behind it has been exposed.
A Cuomo Nomination?
I agree; it’s looking more likely by the day.
[Update a few minutes later]
Is the pandemic making Trump stronger? And how the establishment continues to not get it.
[Update a while later]
Trump’s strategic foresight is being put to the test.
Woke Speech Trumps Free Speech
So says a terrible court ruling.
The Luxury Of Apocalypticism
The “elites” are angry that they can’t get us to panic.
The Precautionary Principle
Our reliance on it has destroyed our ability to manage risk.
Gee, someone should write a book about that. It applies to climate as well. And more related links.
When The Virus Departs
The world will be changed.
Yes, and in many ways, for the better.
Federalism
“Trump is a brutal authoritarian dictator!” — People
“Trump is a terrible president and a failed leader because he won’t give orders to state governors! — Same people
Bankruptcies
Bernie’s press secretary says that 500M American go bankrupt each year.
I think that’s the same number that Sleepy Joe says are killed by gunshot. Are they shooting themselves after going bankrupt, or what? And how can there even be that many when we were all killed by the end of Net Neutrality and the Trump tax cuts?
[Update mid-afternoon]
Why can’t “liberals” do arithmetic?
Partly, I think, because they are not in fact liberals.
The Fight Against Socialism
…is not over.
It will never be. It is too seductive an argument, and appeals to human nature in the ignorance of it.