Author Archive | David Bernstein

Given that he’s polling in New Hampshire better than Thompson, almost as well as Giuliani, and not far from Huckabee, all of who were invited, this is very strange. Paul supporters may be paranoid, but, as the saying goes, just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean that no one’s out to get you.

Really, wild guesses and speculations: (1)John McCain recovers to win the Republican nomination. (2)Ron Paul does better than expected, and is one of the last three candidates left in the race. He then runs a third party campaign, drawing enough support from McCain, especially in the Mountain States, to throw the race to the Democratic […]

I missed this when it was published on Dec. 17th, but it’s awful, so bad that I’m almost embarrassed for the author. Just to give you a flavor: (1) The article starts this way: “When the head of Columbia University suggested that free speech was banned in Tehran, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad not only disagreed, […]

From a survey of American Jewish opinion, including everyone from the most committed Jews to the completely unaffiliated: 9. Do you think there will or will not come a time when Israel and its Arab neighbors will be able to settle their differences and live in peace? Will 37 Will Not 55 Not Sure 8 […]

Without Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union, the world would be a very different place. For one thing, this blog wouldn’t exist. Here’s a very interesting article on Soviet Jewish emigration in the early 1970s, when it became a mass movement. Among other things, the stereotype of the typical emigre as a well-educated Muscovite or […]

When is the last time a video for a hit song (in England) had the singer performing at what appears to be a large bat mitzvah? UPDATE: Bonus article–the origins of the hora.

Here’s an article from the Washington Post about Arabs in Israel. It’s rather one-sided (no mention, for example, of the significant number Israeli Arabs who confirmed Israeli Jews’ worst suspicions by supporting Hezbollah’s missle campaign against Israel, even when the bombs were falling on their own villages), and frequently inaccurate. For example, “except for a […]

First, two corrections. The GMU Law and Economics Center used to keep its donor list confidential, but now discloses its donors to comply with a rule passed by the Judicial Conference of the United States in 2005. Also, I quoted John Fund as stating that the bill provided a flat ban on attending private judicial […]

From now on, federal judges will only be allowed to read blogs sponsored by the Federal Judicial Center, a government organization. Well, not quite, but pending legislation does aim to prevent federal judges from attending seminars put on by George Mason’s Law School’s Law and Economics Center, among other educational centers. According to John Fund, […]

I’m pleased to announce that I’ve signed a contract with the University of Chicago Press to write a book called Rehabilitating Lochner. The book will build on my previous Lochner-related work, such as this article and this one.

ending today.

“The number of contracts [for new homes] signed in the fourth quarter fell the most in [luxury homebuilder] Tolls West region of Arizona, California, Colorado and Nevada, where orders tumbled 87 percent.” And, judging from its stock’s performance, Toll is perceived to be one of the healthier builders. Now that I’m a homeowner no “you’re […]

on Ebay.

Richard Cohen: “It is absurd that Romney feels compelled to deliver a speech defending his beliefs and that Huckabee does not have to explain how, in this day and age, he does not believe in evolution.” Near as I can tell, Cohen is correct that Huckabee is shamelessly basing his campaign not just on being […]

Along with many others, I’ve criticized Ron Paul for not renouncing support from assorted loonies. However, at least Paul has not directly solicited their support (update: as a commenter points out, he does, however, appear regularly on “Truther” Alex Jones’s radio show). By contrast, “Obama paid his respects to one of Harlem’s top powerbrokers – […]