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Am I correct in understanding that American baby formula is made of dangerous junk like vegetable oils and the FDA won’t allow in European formula because it’s made of healthy

Origin of Covid — Following the Clues by Nicholas Wadehttps://link.medium.com/JRIx4hbBWfb Delenda est scentia. In a pinch, elites always have the same reflex: (a) lie; (b) use their credentials to quash questioning of

So, I agree that this is a valid concern, re: presidential crisis management, but in a strange way, Covid has reassured me about Trump. (Uh-oh.)https://twitter.com/DouthatNYT/status/1313105800412442625 Not that I don't think

I will say this: 1. The unprecedented centralization and cultural homogeneization of the US means that the actual raison d’être of the EC, the US of A’s status as a

What’s truly dumb about progressive gripes about the Electoral College is that absolutely no electoral system is "perfectly" representative (people have done the game theory math on this). Britain’s first

That a reply tweet got so much reaction is funny and, I guess, revealing. So, yes, the constitutional coup began in the 60s, but it was Roe that began the

A few words about the historic nature of this deal, which today many are downplaying.https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1305975008750194688 They are saying that Israel and Sunni Arab states have worked together to counter their

Put aside the gratuitous name-calling and this is a worthy and important critique of IQ.https://twitter.com/nntaleb/status/1275464383540445185 Basically, my take is that IQ measures something real, but that that real thing is

Recently, a friend recommended a book about Russia in the 1990s. We're all vaguely aware of that country's collapse in that period, but we are scarcely aware of the scale

Bon, parce que je m'emmerde, un petit fil sur la chloroquine (mais pas la chloroquine), et l'application de la stratégie/métaphore guerrière à la pandémie. En gros : est-ce qu'on sait

This is a very funny thread, with more than a grain of truth in it. A couple points.https://twitter.com/phl43/status/1194742959243169792 1. In my experience, it’s not just conservatives who self-censor, but a