Source: Bet On It
by Bryan Caplan
“People who follow the news often claim to be ‘surprised’ or even ‘shocked’ by current events. That’s almost never my reaction. Sure, I can’t predict the details of the latest happenings. But the broad outlines of the news are tiresomely familiar. Heinous domestic murders. War in the Middle East. Blatant violations of the plain English reading of the Constitution. Chaotic socialist tyrannies in Latin America. Pampered First Worlders blaming their horrible plight (?) on hapless refugees. Civil wars in Africa. And always, people screaming at each other. Yet over the years, current events have genuinely surprised or even shocked me a few times.” (09/08/25)