I have sympathy with the American concerns about people crossing the border illegally from Canada: I believe it was something like 24,000 people last year. And Canada has responded to US concerns by … (View Post)

"There's a lot of ruin in a nation," as Adam Smith said, is quite right. The US has some of the world's best educated people, many of the world's best firms and brands, is ri… (View Post)

I fucking hate Coldplay. I despise them. (Although A Rush of Blood to the Head was a good album.) (View Post)

I hope that a coup would be difficult to pull off, because the easily bought people were bought prior to the invasion. But I wouldn't be surprised if that was attempted. And which is why I belie… (View Post)

It exists: Nate Silver started The Silver Bulletin after he left 538. And it has the same election model, but not currently the same visible polling database. That said, given he has to collect the p… (View Post)