Month: June 2016

Checkmate for Brexit?

On top of all the political difficulties getting the UK Parliament to pass legislation for a Brexit. Nicola Sturgeon pointed out Scotland has a de facto veto and said she’ll call on the Scottish Parliament to use it if...

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Casual Observation

Jan Brewer wants to defend the indefensible without being called out for it. She will not get her wish.

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Sigh.

McBride wanted President Obama to make Ceasefire and similar programs part of his post-Newtown push to reduce gun violence. (https:/www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/228386.pdf) A recent ProPublica story highlighted the...

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Reversing Brexit?

With signs of buyer’s remorse already becoming widespread, Simon Wren-Lewis tries to think through how the result of the Brexit referendum might be reversed: mainly macro: Just how bad will Brexit be, and can it be...

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