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There are serious arguments against leaving the ECHR but this is not one of them Source
The Conservative leader fundamentally misunderstands the problems with the social order Source
Right-wing cancel culture might be marginal but it is unfortunate nonetheless Source
1. European T-Bill sales are not an effective threat. 2. Is the 1963 The Essex hit song “Easier Said than Done” actually about a white woman who cannot bring herself to confess her love for a black man? 3. New Zealand is contracting (NYT). And Knausgaard overview (NYT). 4. “Our main result is that empirical […] The post Tuesday assorted links appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.
This paper studies how online dating platforms have impacted marital outcomes, assortative matching, and sexually transmitted disease (STD) rates in the United States. We construct county-level measures of online dating usage using data from website-based platforms (2002-2013) and mobile app-based platforms (2017-2023). Leveraging county-level variation and an instrumental variable strategy, we show in the desktop […] The post What happens when dating goes online? appeared first on Marginal R...
The book I was reading is titled Encounters and Reflections: Conversations with Seth Benardete, here is one excerpt: Michael: What was [Allan] Bloom like when you first met him? Seth: He was supersensitive to people’s defects. He had antennae out, he knew exactly… Robert: People’s weak spots? Seth: Oh yes, it was extraordinary. Ronna: You […] The post Indicate precisely what you mean to say… appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. Related StoriesMorally judging famous and semi-famous peoplePod...
The future of the Tory party depends on fixing the Boris Wave. The post Former Tory Chairman: The Conservatives Must Tackle Immigration to Survive appeared first on The American Conservative
Don’t believe the neocons’ latest fantasy. The post Partitioning Iran Would Backfire Spectacularly appeared first on The American Conservative
President Donald Trump is freaking out Europe and Canada for no good reason. The post How Greenland Could Destroy Half the World appeared first on The American Conservative