#Policy

Nicholas Sarwark

nsarwark

There are a number of people who I thought were intellectually honest who have chosen to block people rather than consider that they could be wrong.We learn things during a

Youyang Gu

youyanggu

If you look at places like Arizona, Texas, Florida and Georgia, the reproduction number, Rt, is lower than during lockdown.Are people somehow practicing social distancing more now than during lockdown?

Ibram X. Kendi

DrIbram

I am a full of thanks on this day, my 38th birthday. Two years ago, I didn’t know whether I’d see another birthday. I was dealing with stage 4 cancer,

Michael Hobbes

RottenInDenmark

These one-sentence summaries of "cancelations" never hold up to any scrutiny. (1/?)https://www.forbes.com/sites/evangerstmann/2020/09/13/cancel-culture-is-only-getting-worse/?sh=127e029663f4 First, this is not a case of a teacher

Leonard Seabrooke

LenSeabrooke

My piece in Politiken today: Political action against tax havens is setting the stage for a morality play that will expose hypocrisies in European tax policy. Different policy positions taken

Cacoëthes Carpendi🔮

CarpendiCacoeth

One thing I will say about George Gascon. His policy pronouncements have been consistent with his campaign promises, and his leadership style has put his detractors into an ugly alliance

Heshmat Alavi

HeshmatAlavi

What I remember about President Obama:- Turning his back on #Iran's 2009 uprising- Allowing Assad gas innocent civilians in #Syria- Selling off America's Middle East allies- Bending over backwards to

Rick Smith

RickSmithShow

Tim Schwab: Bill Gates has become a de facto public health advocate. People are looking for authority; Bill Gates seems happy to play that role, even though he's not a

David Blagden

blagden_david

#SDSR20 observation(s?).. Every SDSR has a pre-Review “phoney war” phase, in which headlines swirl about this or that capability. “Second carrier to be cut” one week, “frigate numbers to fall”

R. Daniel Kelemen

rdanielkelemen

Just out in @jepp_journal - "The European Union's authoritarian equilibrium" - my article explaining why autocratic member governments like Orbán's can endure so comfortably within the EU. Warning to fellow

John Withington

john_withington

Consensus is that NHS staffing shortages, especially in nursing, are of paramount importance. Fully agree. But the conversation around bursaries has gone a bit quiet amidst more eye-catching announcements… #GE2019

Casey Coombs

Macoombs

THREAD: For the past several weeks, @ErikSperling, an antiwar activist and former US congressional aid, has been relentlessly trolling academics, analysts, displaced Yemenis, etc who have spent years trying to

Paul Katz

paulryankatz

The city of @MaricaRJ has just launched the most ambitious COVID-19 response in Brazil and arguably the world. In a new piece @BostonReview, @LeandroFerreira and I discuss the #BasicIncome policies

Olivier Blanchard

ojblanchard1

Some quick reactions to the new lockdowns in Europe. 1. The degree of uncertainty is much higher than in the first wave. In the first wave, the (incorrect) belief was

seanwhelanRTE

seanwhelanRTE

David Frost tells leaving the EU committee that he is a special advisor to the PM, with respnsibility for negotiating future relationship. Says policy set by PM and cabinet committee,

Adam Jones

kansasangus

“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” J. WayneCattle Producers,Ours is the industry of Chisholm, Grant, Cattle Kate and Goodnight, immortalized on the screen by Wayne, Autry