Robert's Stochastic thoughts

I missed this at the time, but I am shocked shocked by the incivility going on here . it’s roughly a thirtyfold exaggeration. [skip] Matt...

I am struck by the fact that #wrathofkhan is not trending on twitter . Only two tweets with that hashtag referred to Khizr Khan. I think t...

Most Republicans and many Democrats argue that Hillary Clinton should be indicted, because she used a private server for work e-mails and it...

Don't be malvaggio. I often think that I sure hope that Google sticks to "don't be evil" because if they decided to be e...

I am reflecting on the birth of US democracy. This is not because I fear I witnessed the onset of it's fatal illness in Cleveland. I a...

In a pointless pointless exercise I will blog about what I read on blogs and the Washington Post (sorry Brad) about the Republican Conventio...

QOTD " To be perfectly clear, Trump is not Hitler or a Nazi." is about 10 MegaChaits of shrill, but we get to 100 MegaChaits whe...

Calling Kevin Drum A House office’s water supply has been tainted by high lead levels and may be unsafe, according to a warning blasted ou...

Really realiably quote of every week day. He's wonderful. I was going to tweet part of this, but gave up on the 140 character limit whe...

Read this post (it is good) my comment I tend to agree with you. I will, in fact argue that your two efforts to find some way to agree ...

Kevin Drum wrote If you want to increase taxes on zillionaires, I'm with you. But if you really want to make a dent in inequality, you...

Well, that seems awkward : "A lifelong Democrat, Bruce Rauner's wife Diana campaigned enthusiastically for the Republican multimi...

Kevin Drum asks "What *Did* Donald Trump Mean by "No PP"?" "As you'll recall, after forgetting what "TPP...

i just got an e-mail from TIM the cellphone subsidiary of the entirely privatized telecom Italia which is a for profit private sector public...

Brad answers a question raised by Noah with thoughts on Friedrich and Adam. I totally lost all self control in his comments section an...

I stopped watching "Game of Thrones" when it separated from the Game of Ice and Fire books (that is at the start of last season II...

Had we but world enough, and time ... our vegetable debate should grow Vaster than empires, and more slow; I am moving this here, beca...

Your post is admirably courteous in tone. I admire but am not able to emulate. First I think I could make the polite debate between you ...

I am overwhelmed by admiration for Brad DeLong (happens a lot) who reposted his review of Krugman's "The Return of Depression Econ...

The democratic socialist Bernie Sanders says that higher education should be provided without tuition. What did socialist Karl Marx think of...