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The left’s hypocrisy on elections result

The left’s hypocrisy on elections results denial

Ever since November 2020, the political Left has been pounding on the political Right for failing to respect the outcomes of elections. This charge they add to a whole litany of criticisms of conservatives as breakers of the norms of democracy and nascent authoritarians. Former President Donald Trump fed this narrative by, well, denying that […]

My New Book “Moonshine: A Global History

My New Book “Moonshine: A Global History” Now Is Available

No matter where you go on earth, there is moonshine. It has been made from just about every imaginable foodstuff: grapes, grain, raw sugar, tree bark, horse milk and more. College students in the developed world drink it; so do day labourers in the world’s poorest slums and villages. All moonshine has two characteristics: it […]

Niall Ferguson, Civilization: The West a...

Niall Ferguson, Civilization: The West and the Rest (Penguin Press, 2011)

Civilization: The West and the Rest By Niall Ferguson Penguin Press, 2011, 402 pp., $35.00 Niall Ferguson is the bane of much of the academic world.  His crimes are many. Whereas most academics toil in anonymity, glacially plopping out inscrutable, esoteric articles for little-read academic journals, Ferguson is a supernova.  He has joint appointments at […]