Author: James Poulos

By Jul 20,2008

News Flash

Psychology without Freud, economics without Marx, philosophy without Hegel: For disciplinary cheerleaders, this confirms intellectual progress. The cloudy old thinkers have made way for new scientific researchers. But at what...

By Jul 18,2008

We're All Will Smith Now

Sonny vs. the National Post: What the article fails to acknowledge is Smith’s talent as an actor; how is his persona any less acceptable than that of Bogart or Grant–similarly...

By Jul 18,2008

Teams, Cocoons, Politics

Ross, while commenting on Matt Yglesias’ departure from TheAtlantic.com, mentions in passing a lot of the things I find unpleasant about my own side of the partisan divide these days...

By Jul 16,2008

Romney Update / Ominous Forecasting

The reason you pick Romney is you want a very solid, competent debater, a good governing partner, someone who’ll do what you say, and someone who can communicate on economics....