Scott Horton
@robertscotthorton.bsky.social
Contributing editor, Harper's Magazine; Lecturer, Columbia Law School; Attorney
Jeff Bezos finds a Democrat who also doesn't understand how tariffs work.
November 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Jeff Bezos finds a Democrat who also doesn't understand how tariffs work.
From this morning's NPR story. Sounds a lot like what a senior DEA official told me: "Trump likes explosions, death and mayhem because he thinks it will excite his MAGA audience. He doesn't care whether it works. He spends tens of millions to do things that could be accomplished on a $20k budget."
November 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
From this morning's NPR story. Sounds a lot like what a senior DEA official told me: "Trump likes explosions, death and mayhem because he thinks it will excite his MAGA audience. He doesn't care whether it works. He spends tens of millions to do things that could be accomplished on a $20k budget."
Seen on Times Square, NYC
November 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Seen on Times Square, NYC
A mayor of NYC, Eric Adams was heavily into serving foreign governments. We don't know what they paid him in exchange, although in the case of Turkey we have some idea.
November 17, 2025 at 5:59 AM
A mayor of NYC, Eric Adams was heavily into serving foreign governments. We don't know what they paid him in exchange, although in the case of Turkey we have some idea.
In which Ross Douthat engages in uninformed and generally worthless speculation. The point of course is to force release of the documents and then see what's in them. We don't know what that is. But we do know that Trump is mortified by the prospect of their release. There will be a reason for that.
November 17, 2025 at 4:38 AM
In which Ross Douthat engages in uninformed and generally worthless speculation. The point of course is to force release of the documents and then see what's in them. We don't know what that is. But we do know that Trump is mortified by the prospect of their release. There will be a reason for that.
Die Führergewalt ist umfassend u total; sie vereinigt in sich alle Mittel der politischen Gestaltung; sie erstreckt sich auf alle Sachgebiete des völkischen Lebens; sie erfaßt alle Volksgenossen, die dem Führer zu Treue und Gehorsam verpflichtet sind—Huber, Verfassungsrecht des Großdeutschen Reiches
November 17, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Die Führergewalt ist umfassend u total; sie vereinigt in sich alle Mittel der politischen Gestaltung; sie erstreckt sich auf alle Sachgebiete des völkischen Lebens; sie erfaßt alle Volksgenossen, die dem Führer zu Treue und Gehorsam verpflichtet sind—Huber, Verfassungsrecht des Großdeutschen Reiches
For thirty years I worked in the post-Soviet successor states in Central Asia and observed over and over again precisely the cycle that Bill Kristol describes. Corruption leads to authoritarianism, directly. The path is utterly predictable.
November 17, 2025 at 12:02 AM
For thirty years I worked in the post-Soviet successor states in Central Asia and observed over and over again precisely the cycle that Bill Kristol describes. Corruption leads to authoritarianism, directly. The path is utterly predictable.
Trump has just taken his homicide count to 83. The homicides are facilitated directly by the SCOTUS immunity ruling, under which Trump cannot be charged or tried for these crimes.
November 16, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Trump has just taken his homicide count to 83. The homicides are facilitated directly by the SCOTUS immunity ruling, under which Trump cannot be charged or tried for these crimes.
Marco Rubio continues to prepare the basis for a US land invasion of Venezuela, predicated on the government of Venezuela being a drug cartel and Nicolás Maduro b being its head. The most forceful pounding of a square peg into a round hole I have ever seen come out of DOS.
November 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Marco Rubio continues to prepare the basis for a US land invasion of Venezuela, predicated on the government of Venezuela being a drug cartel and Nicolás Maduro b being its head. The most forceful pounding of a square peg into a round hole I have ever seen come out of DOS.
Simon Bening, Self-portrait (Bruges 1558) Written in gold on a red background is an inscription that identifies this miniature as a self-portrait of the famous Bruges illuminator, Simon Bening: "Simon Bennik, the son of Alexander, painted this himself at the age of 75 in 1558." Bening became one of
November 16, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Simon Bening, Self-portrait (Bruges 1558) Written in gold on a red background is an inscription that identifies this miniature as a self-portrait of the famous Bruges illuminator, Simon Bening: "Simon Bennik, the son of Alexander, painted this himself at the age of 75 in 1558." Bening became one of
What is clear is that China’s historic export surge is exerting pressure around the world and that in turn has to be connected back to the both the economics and politics of investment.
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
What is clear is that China’s historic export surge is exerting pressure around the world and that in turn has to be connected back to the both the economics and politics of investment.
The pièce de résistance of the Boston University report is a table showing the role of China along with other major creditors in applying the squeeze to poor developing countries. The countries in the top panel are those where it is China’s loans that are applying the most pressure.
November 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The pièce de résistance of the Boston University report is a table showing the role of China along with other major creditors in applying the squeeze to poor developing countries. The countries in the top panel are those where it is China’s loans that are applying the most pressure.
But the squeeze is real and it is particularly acute for the poorest countries - those that are IDA eligible.
November 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
But the squeeze is real and it is particularly acute for the poorest countries - those that are IDA eligible.
This reversal of flows is by no means unique to China. The reversal for private bond market lending to developing countries is even more dramatic.
November 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This reversal of flows is by no means unique to China. The reversal for private bond market lending to developing countries is even more dramatic.
The Net Zero Policy Lab’s data show a huge surge in green manufacturing FDI since 2022.
November 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The Net Zero Policy Lab’s data show a huge surge in green manufacturing FDI since 2022.
New data show a major surge since 2022 and a new peak of commitments in H1 2025.
November 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
New data show a major surge since 2022 and a new peak of commitments in H1 2025.
In the 2010s, the world woke up to the reality of China as a driving force in global development under the sign of One Belt One Road (BRI). In 2015-2017 China’s two major development banks were lending more than the World Bank, the world’s leading concessional lender.
November 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
In the 2010s, the world woke up to the reality of China as a driving force in global development under the sign of One Belt One Road (BRI). In 2015-2017 China’s two major development banks were lending more than the World Bank, the world’s leading concessional lender.
Quantum tunneling is a process where a particle can pass through a barrier that it normally would not have enough energy to overcome. This happens because the particle has a wave-like nature and can exist in a superposition of states,
November 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Quantum tunneling is a process where a particle can pass through a barrier that it normally would not have enough energy to overcome. This happens because the particle has a wave-like nature and can exist in a superposition of states,
Sir Isaac Newton's 'Trinity College notebook' page written somewhere between 1661 and 1665, when he was an undergraduate at that same college.
November 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Sir Isaac Newton's 'Trinity College notebook' page written somewhere between 1661 and 1665, when he was an undergraduate at that same college.
Corey Lewandowski, described here as Noem's "senior advisor," is in fact her adulterous lover, as he proudly and routinely trumpets to people off camera.
November 16, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Corey Lewandowski, described here as Noem's "senior advisor," is in fact her adulterous lover, as he proudly and routinely trumpets to people off camera.
In case you were asleep, Benjamin Netanyahu reaffirms that there will be no Palestinian state on the territory of the current Israel/Palestine. Instead there will be ethnic cleansing, forced deportations, mass arrests and genocide.
November 16, 2025 at 8:17 PM
In case you were asleep, Benjamin Netanyahu reaffirms that there will be no Palestinian state on the territory of the current Israel/Palestine. Instead there will be ethnic cleansing, forced deportations, mass arrests and genocide.
Justin calls it. JD Vance's views are carefully contrived to match the commercial and political aspirations of the tech bros, and particularly of his patron and financier Peter Thiel. None of his interviewers drill down on this, and that's because he always carefully picks his interviewers.
November 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Justin calls it. JD Vance's views are carefully contrived to match the commercial and political aspirations of the tech bros, and particularly of his patron and financier Peter Thiel. None of his interviewers drill down on this, and that's because he always carefully picks his interviewers.