Since I’ve written on foreign aid funding in a number of different places, I frequently get emails from readers who challenge the facts undergirding my arguments. Many are genuinely astonished to hear that the USA only spends 1 percent of the federal budget on aid. These emails are unsurprising, since polls routinely show that Americans … Continue reading
Happy Cinco de Mayo! If you want to see Mexico at its most beautiful and confusing, try this blog, by an old friend of mine from Bowdoin. Here’s a sample:
Seriously, though…I haven’t heard too many other people else bring this up, but since FC Barcelona is almost assuredly going to win La Liga, and Real Madrid won the Copa del Rey, this means that they’ll meet this August in the Supercopa de España (in fact, should hell freeze over Barça cough up La Liga, … Continue reading
