[ad_1] https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/09/donald-trump-maggie-haberman-mar-a-lago/671510/”>The Atlantic run an excerpt from https://amzn.to/3xRnQ7L”>The Confidence Man by Maggie Haberman. “I learned in the spring that Trump was repeating a claim from… Read More »It’s Always Been a Con

[ad_1] The Deluxe version of the https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2022-election-forecast/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>FiveThirtyEight midterm forecast just shifted slightly, but it’s not because of anything that happened in politics. Rather,… Read More »We Fixed An Error In Our Deluxe Midterm Forecast 

[ad_1] “He’s so nice!”  A key reason that Joe Biden occupies the White House is that too many voters considered him a nice guy. “It would be… Read More »Like an East German Dictator, Biden Brooks No Dissent

[ad_1] I was on a plane to Jersey (no, not visiting my money!) when Kwasi Kwarteng was on his feet in the Commons. It wasn’t exactly… Read More »Quick Reaction to Kwasi Kwarteng’s “Mini” Budget

[ad_1] Today really will mark the end of one era and the beginning of another. I’m so proud of the way the country has reacted to… Read More »We Can Be Proud Of Our Country

[ad_1] By Peter Emerson Mariupol is yet another city which humankind has first created… and then destroyed, flattened, like Guernica and Warsaw.  And Russia now… Read More »Ukraine: Are we also at fault?

[ad_1] Harold Macmillan once said ‘Events, dear boy, events, when asked what the most troubling things about his premiership were. Liz Truss would no doubt… Read More »A Few Reflections on the Last Few Days

[ad_1] Twenty one years ago today, Al Qaeda committed a terrible act of terrorism in the United States, something which has gone down in history… Read More »My Memory of September 11 2001

[ad_1] Twenty one years ago today, Al Qaeda committed a terrible act of terrorism in the United States, something which has gone down in history… Read More »My Memory of September 11 2001