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Ted Cruz says that if one of his daughters as a young adult joins the Navy and her boat strays into the territorial waters of an unfriendly country whose own Navy then holds the boat and crew, he would want the president to torpedo diplomatic discussions for their release by speaking belligerently about it on national television hours after the incident began.*

…that morning. Hewitt was shocked. And angry. Which caused me to wonder whether it had occurred to him that, y’know, intense diplomatic discussion for the prompt release of the sailors…

The contrarian addiction

…for regulators around the world. Throughout his career, Makary has been a frequent critic of the medical and regulatory establishment, accusing them of “groupthink” and prone to drawing conclusions not…