Thoughts on launch economics from Lux Ascent (that’s a pseudonym — I know who it is, but don’t know if that person wants to remain pseudonymous).
A New Space Substack
..at the Mercatus Center. With people like Tyler Cowen, it should be interesting.
A Tale Of Two Enlightenments
I often wonder if there would have been a Marx if there hadn’t been a Rousseau.
The Anglo-Scottish Enlightenment – the real antidote to Rousseau and Voltaire
— Krzysztof Szczawinski 🇵🇱 (@Kristof_Poland) July 11, 2026
The French Enlightenment and the Anglo-Scottish Enlightenment happened simultaneously, in the same century, reading the same books, arguing about the same questions. They reached completely opposite… https://t.co/RUPK08vPlD pic.twitter.com/kmUCgSQ7rz
[Update a few minutes later]
This was actually the previous part:
Voltaire – the fake antidote to Rousseau
— Krzysztof Szczawinski 🇵🇱 (@Kristof_Poland) July 10, 2026
He is the most entertaining man of the eighteenth century and the most seductive trap in Western intellectual history. He seems like the cure for Rousseau. He is the other half of the disease.
1. Where Rousseau is emotional, Voltaire is… https://t.co/qvIS8dQkey pic.twitter.com/ObD72Gw96y
Bari
…continues to make (good) waves at CBS News.
The Nature Of The Regime
I hope that Trump has finally figured out that the Islamic Republic of Iran is not an entity with which he can do a deal. If he can keep the strait open, and oil prices down, he won’t have to wait until after the election to get back to the business of ending it.
[Update a few minutes later]
Iran is already begging for a deal; don’t give them one.
Moloch Returns To The Middle East
A piece that I’d forgotten I’d written, over seventeen years ago, that is just as relevant today.
One Of History’s Greatest Monsters
Rousseau was at the root of much of the collectivist evil.
— WG MORROW (@WGMorrow) July 9, 2026
The Qualified
Why they don’t run for office.
— WG MORROW (@WGMorrow) July 9, 2026
Ingrates
I know someone will tell me this is AI.
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) July 9, 2026
I know.
But it’s a banger. pic.twitter.com/OgAYl8xZRd
Fortunately, Ember isn’t much of a hunter (neutering probably will do that), and his sister Ashe, who is the hunter in the family, generally only brings in butterflies, most of which I manage to save and release. We don’t have mice (AFAIK), but once in a great while she’ll get a bird.
How Iran “Won”
The Iranian tankers in China are full because IRAN has no place to put the oil. They were dumping it into the sea right before the ceasefire after they ran out of storage.
— Matt Forney (@mattforney) July 9, 2026
Prices were never better than they were during the ceasefire. The demand for Iranian oil is gone. It was… https://t.co/jRIklCxOfk pic.twitter.com/iwubxaXhtR
The Mullahs are screwed, but sadly, unless the Iranian people can finally overthrow them, they are as well.