Daily Archives: August 23, 2025

If you can’t trust central bankers, then who can you trust?

Bankers only have our best interests at heart. When ignoring expertise leads to disasters such as planes falling from the sky and buildings collapsing, you should listen to experts. When the value of expertise is more nuanced, you are better … Continue reading

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Overblown: How Politicians and the Terrorism Industry Inflate National Security Threats, and Why We Believe Them (2006)

International Relations professor John Mueller wrote in this important book (and here is his 2025 paper, Military Policy Toward China: The Case Against Overreaction): * The number of people worldwide who die as a result of international terrorism is generally … Continue reading

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Creating Space

I moved with my parents from Cooranbong, Australia, to California’s Napa Valley in May of 1977. I was 11. I wasn’t good at making friends, so I spent my time reading books and dreaming about how awesome I would be … Continue reading

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