The War in Afghanistan is not a Reasonable Way to Save American Lives
President Trump plans to continue the War in Afghanistan. His reasons don’t make sense. Here’s why.
Benjamin Studebaker
Yet Another Attempt to Make the World a Better Place by Writing Things
August 18, 2017
The Stock Market is Not Evidence of Trump’s Success
If you ask a Trump supporter to name some of the president’s accomplishments, invariably one of the first responses you get is a booming stock market.
The thing is, a booming stock market is not a good economic indicator. Not in this day and age. Here’s why.
August 15, 2017
5 Years of Blogging
August 4 is the blog’s birthday. Once a year, I permit myself to write a self-indulgent post about the state of the blog on or near the blog birthday. To date, I have maintained my promise to only do this once annually. I have no intention of regularly subjecting my readers to my banal self-reflections. Read the rest of this entry »
August 13, 2017
What’s Really Going on In Venezuela
Many in the western press are oversimplifying the story about Venezuela, blaming its economic crisis more or less exclusively on the socialist policies of President Nicolas Maduro and his predecessor, the late Hugo Chavez. Government policy has contributed to the shape the crisis has taken, but there is a lot more going on than meets the eye. I want to try to tell a fuller story.
August 11, 2017
Let’s Stop Pretending We Might Fight North Korea
President Trump wants to convince North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un that if he keeps running his jaw, we might fight him:
Many in the press have been happy to jump all over this, acting like the two countries are on the brink of war. But while this sells newspapers and gets clicks, it disinforms the public. Here’s what I think is really going on.
