My own view is that international trade, and capitalism generally, have done a huge amount to reduce levels of poverty in the Global South. When I was born, 55% of the world’s population lived in abs… (View Post)

Social media, poor critical thinking skills, postmodernism and plain bigotry. (View Post)

Stupidity, I think, is the predominant human characteristic. It’s a wonder we ever moved out of caves. The problem with trusting “experts” is that they, too, are often stupid. A person can have immen… (View Post)

Which should give pause to those who think 18-29 year olds are more “enlightened” than older age cohorts. (View Post)

The feeling is entirely mutual. (View Post)