I guess there are some but what would be some good recent examples of a country reneging on a treaty its current leader had just signed, only 9 months before? Even the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact lasted … (View Post)

Well, that's what they've been doing successfully for years, but Trump doesn't do nuance, and the messages they're putting out now have immediate, practical consequences. Dems are… (View Post)

It's weird how we're in this mindset of "Trump is some kind of evil genius" where everyone's scared of his brilliant vote suppression plan. Since he won last time against the… (View Post)

The benefit of international waters is that you can set up a legal regime that maximizes economic growth, imagine lots of little floating Hong Kongs, full of refugee hustlers on the make. (View Post)

The problem with this, apart from trying to stop people voting not being a great look, is that if you signal that the convenient ways of voting are bad, your signal is much more strongly heard and be… (View Post)