It’s time to get our fiscal house in order.
And no, reforming conservatism should not include embracing the New Deal.
On that last link, I hadn’t been aware that Conrad Black is an admirer of FDR. That’s disappointing.
[April 1st update]
Conrad Black responds.
[Bumped]
Every single one that Horowitz examined was flawed.
Shut the whole thing down, and prosecute some people.
Will we ever know what was actually on it?
Not unless there’s a thorough housecleaning at the FBI.
[Update a couple minutes later]
I’m sure there are a lot of people at the bureau happy to have a pandemic to keep this out of the news, not that most of the media would want to report on it anyway.
Isolation thoughts from Lileks.
[Update a while later]
We went for a drive on Saturday into Manhattan Beach, where the beach (like all LA County beaches) was closed. It was a ghost town, with just a few people walking around, and we could have parked almost anywhere. The most surreal thing was to see The Kettle closed. That restaurant has been 24/7 for decades. They’re not even doing takeout, just shuttered.
…and it may never fully recover.
And get ready for more exits; Italians are burning the EU flag.
I think that this is probably the most significant European event since the end of the war. The project, and the conceit of globalism in general, is coming apart at the seams.
[Update a few minutes later]
But wait! There’s more: Calls in France to “buy French.”
Strzok prioritized his illegal spying on the Trump campaign over subpoenaing Weiner’s laptop.
My sense is that to the degree that they have different accents, it’s class based, not regional. That is, most of the people I meet are probably upper middle, whereas someone Rugby Union might speak strine so thick that it would be almost unintelligible to me.
After too many decades, almost a century, the people have pulled aside the curtain, and the man behind it has been exposed.
I agree; it’s looking more likely by the day.
[Update a few minutes later]
Is the pandemic making Trump stronger? And how the establishment continues to not get it.
[Update a while later]
Trump’s strategic foresight is being put to the test.