2 days ago · George Borjas One of Borjas’s direct contributions to the Trump administration this past year was his extensive behind-the-scenes work on Trump’s overhaul of the H-1B visa system for …

Aug 2, 2025 · With Trump firing the BLS commisioner (is that "legal"? I have no idea), I am reminded of the time in 2020, when the stats were a bit weird...

Apr 4, 2025 · I think many of you interpreted this to mean that I was somewhat tariff-positive. My view is more that we have had a tariff policy, as we ...

Jul 24, 2025 · As Mr. Deals always pays in full, as promised. This deal won’t end Columbia’s torture. Whatever onerous terms the school has agreed to will be deemed to have been broken in the face of …

Mar 24, 2025 · I don't think people understand that, whatever people think of the US generally, it just isn't the Main Character nearly as much as it used to be. It just isn't as important. A belligerent US …

Jul 29, 2025 · Perfect Starmer logic. We will recognize the state unless Israel agrees to a "two-state solution" which is the fake aspiration used to fores...

Jul 20, 2025 · It is a term used by lefty shitposters in Britain, where political journalists spend most of the time pretending not to know/understand thin...

Sep 30, 2024 · Some longtime readers might remember that the origin story of this very fine blog involved the unreality of the runup to the Iraq war. I do...

Jul 31, 2025 · Something escaping most people for, some reason . Premier Doug Ford is urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to stand his ground against U.S. Pr...

I will say that in 2025, it is clear that "robotaxis" work better than I imagined a few years ago. Still it is also clear that there is an immense amount of human intervention required - from remote operation …