The Week in Policymaker Ignorance

Scott discusses the role that ignorance played in the failed Obama-Biden Iran appeasement policy.

Scott discusses the role that policymaker ignorance played in laying the groundwork for the October 7th Hamas terrorist attacks on innocent Israeli civilians.

Scott considers how we should react to policymaker ignorance and what might be done to mitigate it.

Scott discusses the mind-boggling stupidity of Canadian politicians.

A short diatribe on voters' refusal to support competent candidates.

We made mistakes, but we're not going to tell you which of the decisions we made were mistakes, because we reserve the right to make the same mistakes again, when politically convenient...

Scott discusses the part that policymaker ignorance played in the tragic events in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, in early August.

Scott discusses the part that policymaker ignorance played in the Paris peacemakers' treatment of Germany and Japan.

Scott lays out the major actors and a timeline of significant events at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference.

Scott discusses the state of play at the beginning of the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, Woodrow Wilson's "Fourteen Points," and goes off on a rant about how much he hates Wilson.