Tim Harford and the distractions

The more I see Brexit’s Andrea Leadsom, the more I am reminded of Carly Fiorina (the US business leader who forced the HP acquisition of Compaq, and more recently attacked Hilary Clinton and Planned Parenthood in a particularly unpleasant way). She has the same unshakeable belief in herself, the same glossy self projection, layered over…

This is (as far as I can make it) a factual analysis of the trade options (highlighted in bold) following Brexit. It shows there is no option that meets the “Leavers” goals, and every variant other than the one we are just about to leave, is pretty bad for the UK. Note that all the…

The Guardian in the last month has confirmed more or less everything I wrote back in June on Prism/Boundless intrusion.  It’s true, tthe NSA/GCHQ are seeing everything.   It’s not clear whether today’s revelations show that Snowden is still releasing information after his temporary asylum into Russia or whether it was done before he left…

Those that regularly visited this site may have been under the impression that I died or became severely incapacitated on or around 16th of October 2011, since all activity stopped  at that time.  Apologies for the sudden cessation and for the lack of any explanation. But here I am back again. The reason for the…

A method formerly used to baffle fiendish mastermind Fu Manchu comes back into style It’s been a while since the world was threatened by evil genius Fu Manchu. Dr Manchu and his posse of grinning Lascars, Dacoits, and Thugees terrorized the world through the work of Sax Rohmer in the first half of the 20th…

In the dead reaches there is plenty of time to think.  And there have been plenty of dead reaches. This is what I have gleaned. Causes: There are many possible reasons why I have not been able to sleep over the years, but none of them are particularly predictable except in retrospect.  Too much stuff…