Why America has more lawyers per capita than any other country
While the regulatory state has expanded steadily for decades, its costs have grown dramatically under Biden
While the regulatory state has expanded steadily for decades, its costs have grown dramatically under Biden
Keir Starmer says British ties with the US are ‘vital to our shared security’
The president is standing confused in the middle of the road, losing moderates while attempting to appeal to Arab Americans and the young
For all his bluster, Xi Jinping doesn’t want a war
And his biographies of great lives sparkle nicely
Internal fights there will be, but they will make the right stronger
Britain’s PM survives a no-confidence vote but the Conservatives are in trouble
How the former VP’s talent for gaffes might help him win
Everyone knows the real reason people like Donald Trump are sceptical of climate change is that conservatives are fundamentally anti-science. Some doubt science because it conflicts with their religious beliefs; others because its implications might mean radically shifting the global economy in an anti-growth or heavily statist direction, which goes against their free-market ideology; others because, being conservative, they are prisoners of their dogmatism, need closure and fear uncertainty. I hear this all the time from lefties on social media. And there seems to be some evidence to support it. At least there is if you believe studies like The Republican War on Science (Mooney, 2005), Politicization of Science in