Nobody in recent months has expressed more public opposition to free trade than Ian Fletcher, see “Ten Problems With Free Trade“ and “The Social Snobbery of Free Trade” for some examples of his anti-free trade vitriol. In the last link, … read more
Remember those dangerous TSA body scanners? The brouhaha last November over the TSA’s new security measures seems like a distant memory now. Among other objections raised by the critics, we heard dire warnings that the backscatter x-rays were dangerous to … read more
I’m reviewing a fascinating book by Patrick French entitled India: A Portrait, which will be out in the United States in June. (You can see my colleague Sadanand Dhume’s review of the book in the Wall Street Journal here.) In one … read more
It should have come as no surprise that when Syria’s President Bashar el Assad finally opened his mouth to speak to his nation, it was the same old rubbish. No word of lifting the state of emergency that has stifled … read more
Everyone knows about the great success that Brazil has had in converting its transportation system to rely on homegrown ethanol from sugarcane, allowing it to export oil and enjoy an economic boom, right? But what happens when you simply change your … read more
In a recent article in the Financial Times, Jeffrey Sachs rues the race to the bottom in corporate taxes that is forcing countries like the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States to engage in tax cutting at a time … read more
Before President Obama’s address to the nation, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates set off a firestorm when he declared on the Sunday shows that America had no “vital national interest” in Libya. In his speech Monday night, Obama did little … read more
From the NYT (h/t RP): Um, Senators, ever heard of the mute button? Moments before a conference call with reporters was scheduled to get underway on Tuesday morning, apparently unaware that many of the reporters were already on the line, … read more
