Ed, David, and I have all written about some aspect of the alternate joint US-Israeli aid program underway in Gaza right now. American contractors have set up a relief system to get food into the area and are predicting that they will be able to feed over half of the residents, hopefully by the end...
Every institution gets corrupted to some degree over time. As with the Fed, managers and executives of even the best institutions have a dual mandate: ensure that the ostensible purpose of the organization is pursued, AND ensure that the institution thrives. On top of that, everybody in the institution wants to further their own interests,...
I had an interesting discussion with Grok yesterday about the Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia deportation case, and it got me thinking a lot about the public discussion and why it is so bizarre to me. Grok helped clarify the basics about the standards of proof required in such cases, the legal niceties, and why people...