Many people are surprised when I tell them I’m all for free trade. But only if it’s for real. None of this, I support free trade if my sock makers are protected nonsense. U.S. agricultural and steel subsidies are the biggest hypocrisies … I don’t know how they/we get away with it. I’m into free [...]

Estas son las mañanitas que cantaba el rey David [soy yo]
The board of directors here at El Oso, el Moreno, and El Abogado would like to wish a very happy birthday to our political and judicial correspondent, Abogado. Of course an embarassing photo from the old school is requisite:

This one’s from ‘93. Abo and I, [...]

Most of my life, my cognition has been infected by idealism. It’s a dangerous tendency from which a lot of power hungry dictators have convinced themselves to do pretty atrocious things. When I looked at the world around me, I didn’t see what it was, nor what it could be, but rather what it should [...]