They call it a chilling effect. That’s the terminology in constitutional law. What influence, what change in behavior will the statute or decision have. AWS was the pioneer in cloud computing, and is still the market leader. Yet under Trump, the government contract was given to Microsoft. Bezos does not want to let that happen […]

Okay, it’s all right for America to invade Iraq on false pretenses and kill up to a million people, but when Israel responds to an attack and there are tens of thousands of collateral deaths they’re a pariah. Actually, how many people really died? Well, you can go to the Wikipedia page “Casualties of the […]

The last month has defined the issues. The “Washington Post” has been doing incredible work. The paper may not be profitable, but it’s definitely worth reading. Yesterday there was this story: “Hamas built an underground war machine to ensure its own survival – Vowing self-sufficiency, Hamas turned a maze of tunnels in Gaza into weapons […]

JD Vance is very intelligent, but he’s unlikable. Whereas Tim Walz is smart, he might not have as high an IQ as Vance, but he’s definitely likable. This is what the Democrats didn’t understand in 2000 and 2004. And 2016, while we’re at it. Their candidates were skilled, but not very likable. I’m still not […]