More we give Defense, the more we lose. More State does, more the world hates us. Complying with new EPA regs puts up more pollutants than reduces. Etc.

But Wokeness taps into our tribal, internecine hatreds, channeling us into hating the Straight White Man to the maximum; while triggering our instinct to help the halt and the lame: gnash and wail over George Floyd, unappealing as he was.

Troubling that people are rather prone to dysfunctional spirals; a bit of Skoptsy in all of us.

To update Upton Sinclair’s famous quote, “It is not difficult to get a woman to believe something when her salary depends upon it.”

From 1968 to 2021, despite immense improvements in automation, the number of Americans working in Human Resources grew from 140,000 to 1,500,000.

After all, Jim Crow with its persnickety caste rules was a drag on economic growth.

Mr. Sailer is nothing if not a comedic genius.