Enik Rising

I must give Kevin Drum full marks for bravery. It can't be easy to admit that you think that "Return of the Jedi" is the grea...

A few years ago, someone (I can't recall who -- the link is dead) estimated it would cost $15 septillion to build a Death Star. I esti...

Last week, I did a post comparing John Boehner with Indiana Jones pointing a bazooka at the Ark of the Covenant. In retrospect, I think t...

If you haven't read this discussion on the economics of using the Death Star to destroy a planet, you really, really ought to. The writ...

I was trying to avoid posting about Drezner's post on the Jedi, but then Bernstein goaded me.  I crumble under that kind of pressure. ...