Wash Park Prophet

The problem isn't new. There still isn't a perfect or even excellent solution for it. Looking at democracy in the way in which it is...

Ed West at the Wrong Side Of History blog makes a case for monarchy based upon the alleged stability of monarchies relative to republics. F...

One recurring theme is that people correctly observe that a policy or arrangement persists and works, but the conventional wisdom widely mis...

There's nothing you could tell me that could change how I feel about you, because I'm kind of dumb. - Bee and Puppycat

In Wyoming, out of 60 state representatives, Democrats hold 6 seats, and out of 30 state senators, Democrats hold 2 seats. But, they aren...

Christianity is dying because it is fundamentally a flawed product. Notably, “Over the last 15 years, White evangelical Protestant decline h...

Pew Research reports:  The Center estimates that in 2020, about 64% of Americans, including children, were Christian. People who are religio...

A little progress in Ukraine. Also, it is notable, generally, how little either side has gained or lost after the first month of the six and...

With respect to data on defensive use in the survey results below, I note two main caveats. (And, survey data with well quantifiable systemi...

A recounting of excerpts and observations from Yasheng Huang, The Rise and Fall of the East: Examination, Autocracy, Stability, and Technolo...

This paper overstates its case somewhat, but there is some truth to its claims. How accurately can behavioral scientists predict behavior? T...

China is about due for a major recession after years of uninterrupted growth (which I have predicted). A new Wall Street Journal article...

The U.S. Navy continues to ignore elephants in the room regarding its deep military vulnerabilities. Also, mostly as a result of weak manage...

Queen Elizabeth II died today at her summer home in Scotland at age 96. She served as Queen for 70 years, the second longest reign of any mo...

Secessionism is primarily driven by political identity according to a new study using a very large global dataset.  It also sheds light on w...

Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men, doomed to die, Six fo...

A little more than six months in, the war in Ukraine is not going well for Russia, despite the fact that it has a much larger population, a ...

An interesting analysis takes on the question of how to reduce crime. It starts by establishing that crime is bad, not just due to direct h...