Intelligent ≠ wise, as anyone who has spent time near a university will tell you. Indeed, sometimes intelligence is what allows people to convince themselves of really stupid things. (View Post)

1. 100% tariffs just means that the Chinese have to be a factor of two times more effective than these hypothetical US factory workers. That doesn't seem too much of a stretch. 2. You can't… (View Post)

"We hold all the cards because they need us more than we need them", as was said in a different context. It's so important to judge oneself exactly the right size. (View Post)

The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. (View Post)

As the O'Brien who doesn't have a phone-in on LBC put it: Obedience is not enough. Unless he is suffering, how can you be sure that he is obeying your will and not his own? Power is in infl… (View Post)