Many people will eagerly humiliate themselves, in return for pennies. (View Post)

Such people are unhinged. Unfortunately, they are absurdly influential. (View Post)

As Madame de Merteuille put it, "Like most intellectuals, he is quite stupid." There comes a point where a group of highly qualified people talk only to like-minded people, and come to incr… (View Post)

I think that some human rights lawyers and judges feel a positive glow of virtue, by endangering the public, in the cause of abstract principles. (View Post)

The author is more sympathetic to defence procurers and contractors than they deserve, IMHO, but he does make the good point that it is a particular problem for powers that are significant, but not s… (View Post)