The Adventures of Shylock Holmes

One pound of inference, no more, no less. No humbug, no cant, but only inference. This task done, and he would go free.

Showing posts with label Government. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Government. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

The Biggest Obstacle to Texan Independence

Suppose you were a patriotic Texan, planning on how to make your state independent. As Tinkzorg likes to put it, in politics (not just in w...

Friday, December 11, 2020

Last Thoughts on Voter Fraud

Winston Churchill once observed that a good definition of a fanatic was someone who can’t change his mind, and won’t change the subject. O...

Sunday, July 26, 2020

The thorny problem of inconstant judges

One of the periodic themes of this journal is that the reality of power is everywhere and always messy. I have described my conception that ...

Saturday, November 16, 2019

What, Exactly, Do You Want?

(The inspiration for this post comes from here , and from a coffee conversation with The Grinch, who asked me the subject line bluntly durin...

Thursday, July 25, 2019

On the Surprisingly Apolitical Nature of the Fed

The eternal question about the civil service is its level of competence . At one end of the spectrum is the curmudgeonly woman at the DMV. A...

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