| | | Nothing useful, now, to add to prior guesses...
Team Biden, unsurprisingly, appear to be presiding over a leftward tilt in global politics... what role spooks might play in enabling such seems an obvious issue... more as those same no longer see any need to abstain from same domestically... or offer the fiction they are... ensuring no reason to have trust.
Growth in state power... and proliferation in agencies... means those who once served national interests might now have more of a tendency to serve their own self-defined self interests, instead...
I used to look at Hoover as "useful", at least... and not sure that really applies any more... some of which, I think, is that the crowd at Hoover are "aging out" every bit as much as those in Congress, and particularly Democrats, have been. Not sure they're staying relevant. Victor Davis Hanson has had a few solid whiffs the last few years... has been slow to recognize it and recover. Thomas Sowell... so glad he's still working, and a voice of reason... but not sure the focus on cultures is "actionable" in the way a focus on other subjects might be. But, he's earned the right to pursue what he finds of interest.
McMaster... ? Hmmm. The rest I don't know. Did note some issuance of opinion at Hooover recently that had me raise an eyebrow... as the opposite of expected. I suspect some of that is inevitable as atrophy in relevance in "out" years... while Trump cannot be said to have contributed greatly to the greater development of intellectual thought on the right...
The Congressman is obviously green... but, interesting to hear him talking about what he sees in process of restoring basic function to the House after long years of its basic functions being suspended...
As a general observation, I'd note that you should recognize that you're in trouble ;<) when it is the economist in the group who is the one asking problematic questions about practicalities... but, Mr. Cochrane carried them through to refocus on things of relevance with at least a hint that there ought be a bit more intellectual rigor applied in the exercise.
But, 16 minutes in... 2 year old grand daughter asking to play with me... so, to be continued... |
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