How the Republicans should retaliate.
Yes, stick it to the schools.
Category Archives: Economics
Our Failed Covid Response
A long but excellent history and analysis of perhaps the greatest public-policy blunder in history.
The Democrats’ Problems
They can’t fix them by November.
Yes, you can’t climb out of a hole that you’ve been digging for years in six months (even if you have the sense to even stop digging, which they don’t seem to have). This is bad news for an ever-terrible political party, but good news for the Republic.
Credit Where It’s Due
Joe Biden does something right (which is huge news, because it is unprecedented).
He could be doing more, though, in terms of easing up on archaic NRC rules to allow the construction of more modern plant designs faster. And as is often noted, it’s hard to take seriously people who claim that we are in a climate “crisis” or “emergency” if they don’t support nuclear power.
[Update a few minutes later]
Sorry, I’ve provided the link this time.
Russia’s Arms
Why do they suck?
Note that all the problems of corruption described here for the military apply to Rogozin and space as well.
Footprints On The Moon
Why should we care about them?
It’s Earth Day Again
I know I’ve managed to do so.
The Country Has A Potemkin Government
…and it’s not just Joe Biden.
It’s a depressing read, but it rings true.
She doesn’t mention it, but when it comes to human spaceflight, we have a Potemkin space program as well.
The Increasing Military Threat In Space
Some useful thoughts from Peter Hague.
The Latest SLS Travails
Every time I read a status on the thing, I’m struck by just how terrible a design this is. They couldn’t have come up with a better way of wasting money and time ad infinitum. And people in comments are rooting for a catastrophe. Hard to disagree with them.