Eric Boehm
@EricBoehm87
Pennsylvania native living in Virginia. Writes @Reason. Chronologically ambiguous. Stay hungry, stay free, and do the best that you can.
Dudes who wrote the Declaration might have been onto something...
A harrowing Spiegel report on the arrival of famine in Gaza: spiegel.de/international/…
❝A minimum age law should be enacted to help cut down on the number of kids who become addicted to video games and habituate the arcades.❞ - Hartford Courant, 1983
Never in baseball's 150-year history has a player finished a game with at least six hits, six runs and eight RBIs until Nick Kurtz tonight. His 19 total bases tie Shawn Green's single-game record -- and Kurtz had one more RBI. There's a genuine argument it is the best game ever.
Welp there goes that talking point
Breaking News: Israeli military officials say they have no proof Hamas routinely steals UN aid, undercutting a claim Israel has used to limit food for Gaza. nyti.ms/4opoK4n
Wild that this is even a debate. Costco is a cathedral of abundance. Walking in and finding *anything* you need—in bulk, at low prices—is science fiction in many countries. It's a modern miracle. We shouldn't take it for granted.
Would Americans be better off without Costco? Zephyr Teachout says yes. I say no. marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolu…
That's a real shitty thing to do to a bunch of kids. 👎👎
Venezuelan Little League team denied entry into US amid Trump travel ban ow.ly/p4Hm106gWOE
"They can do a whole episode about Donald Trump (allegedly) having a micropenis while treating him like they treated Saddam Hussein and Paramount can’t do a darn thing about it because Paramount needs South Park." thebulwark.com/p/why-south-pa…
Unbelievable Except, also, totally believable
"Japanese officials said there was no written agreement with Washington — and no legally binding one would be drawn up", and surprise surprise, they deny giving Trump $550b to arbitrarily spend however he wants. ft.com/content/c1183b…
Redistributing taxpayer money through checks to people is a form of socialism and shouldn’t happen. These tariffs should end now and any forced tax payments by Americans for costly tariffs should go to pay down deficits.
If these warnings about impending famine in Gaza are accurate -- as best I can tell, they are, though I'm relying on news reports, not independent research -- the moral necessity of creating a place of refuge for Gazans who aren't in Hamas is glaring. theguardian.com/world/live/202…
"Israeli authorities’ deliberate use of starvation as a weapon in Gaza has reached unprecedented levels, with patients and health care workers themselves now fighting to survive." -- @MSF_USA doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/msf-1-4…
You could drop a nuke on DC right now and it might lower the heat index
DISGUSTING humidity right now in the DMV! Dew points, a measure of humidity, are in the gross and tropical-like mid-70s to near 80. Not good! More at cwg.live
You are complicit.
The suffering and starvation unfolding in Gaza is unspeakable and indefensible.
A famine in Gaza has reached "new and astonishing levels of desperation," with as many as 20 percent of the strip's residents now facing starvation, a U.N. report said. reason.com/2025/07/25/fam…
Fascinating shift on Israel in the last few days from a very wide range of center-left politicians & voices that had previously defended the country’s conduct
Not only does Trump's trade deal with Japan raise taxes on American consumers, it leaves American automakers at a distinct disadvantage. reason.com/2025/07/23/tru…
America is a great country saddled with a very unserious government
Productive afternoon of meetings at the State Department. @StateDept
So President Trump is mad at Thomas Massie for actually doing the thing that President Trump promised to do for years?