Good days for Putin; Bad Ones for Democracy
Vladimir Putin must be rubbing his hands with glee over the last few days as two of the greatest democracies are turning themselves into banana republics. In part this can…
Thank you, Dan Snyder
Dan, pardon the informality of this note, but I wanted to tell you that you are a genius. You really deserve the Nobel Prize in Physics for managing to create…
Using Focus Bias to Sell Death
There is a proven technique for selling products that will kill their users. It is resorting to what cognitive psychologists would call “focus bias.” Divert one’s attention away from the…
Merchants of Death: E-Cigs and Assault Rifles
Merchants of death ply their wares with different results
And Justice for [All] $ome
I should’t need to remind any citizen that the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag ends with the expression “liberty and justice for all.” This notion has become a sham…
K. Kwarteng And Russian Propaganda Techniques and Brexit
When Kwarteng says “some people” think the courts are biased on Brexit, he used a typical propaganda technique. Plant the seed of doubt, but don’t claim it as your own.…
The Brexit Delusion
Whenever the Brexit proponents speak of the future, they invariably paint a rosy picture how once the UK is freed from the shackles of the EU that the economy will…
The Brexit Apostacy
Those Brits who calmly suggest three years after the referendum that maybe it is time to do a rethink the possibility of a second referendum are roundly denounced as apostates…
I weep for our country
Just today I saw two news stories that disturbed me about our lack of progress on diversity. I thought the 1950s were behind us, and now I see that they…
Whither BoJo and Brexit?
As the calendar races towards the appropriate Halloween date for Brexit, this Yank watches with a certain fascination how it will all turn out. The analyst in me would be…