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Frank Herbert’s Amazing ‘Dune’ Quote: ‘All Governments Suffer a Recurring Problem’
When I was in my teens (a lifetime ago), I read a lot of fantasy. J.R.R. Tolkien. G.R.R. Martin. C.S. Lewis. Terry Brooks. And then there was Frank Herbert, best […]
Crop Insurance, NASCAR, and Seatbelts: Why The Safer We Get, The More Risks We Take
In his famously odd 1975 book, Platform for Change, the British business professor Stafford Beer made the following observation: So we follow our noses. Our noses are going to be […]
Two Reasons Mahmoud Khalil’s Arrest Threatens American Values
On Saturday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents showed up to arrest Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbian graduate student who was accused of showing support for Hamas. On one level, the […]
Congress Continues Push to Restrict Credit Access
Last December, I wrote about Senators Hawley and Sanders’ call to cap credit card interest rates at 10 percent. This cause was recently taken up by Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and […]
