Michael R. Strain

@jstein_star I haven’t seen The Odyssey, but it is hard for me to imagine that your statement is false.

There is more pathos, character development and interiority in any 15 minutes of The Sopranos than there is in the entire 3 hours or whatever of the Christopher Nolan film The Odyssey

This must be so reassuring to Republicans running in tight races where the fake polls say Trump is unpopular.

Adults are responsible for their choices — including for how they use and misuse technology, writes AEI's @MichaelRStrain nationalreview.com/corner/adults-…

Excellent @continetti column. "No one is asking policymakers to become die-hard libertarians. Just a little Friedman would go a long way." wsj.com/opinion/free-e…

My heart hurts. 😔

“When tour guides at Lexington or Concord talk about ‘the British’ lining up over here and ‘the Americans’ over there, they are using language that no one at the time would have recognized.” @DanielJHannan's thoughtful, provocative, and challenging @NRO essay on the 250th.

@scottlincicome @JonahDispatch 📈

@MichaelRStrain @JonahDispatch 🧐

4.5, 4, 2.5

@scottlincicome @JonahDispatch Really, you want two ounces of high-quality espresso and one ounce of steamed milk, very light aerated.

@scottlincicome @JonahDispatch 3, 3, 2

Another irreplaceable brother gone. It never gets any easier. Travel well Vincenzo.

@DShaywitz @CliffordAsness 👊

@MichaelRStrain @CliffordAsness Great share -thank you Michael.

“Get your head out of your ass. I would vote for Sarah Palin before this shit.” This is so good. And it would be so much funnier if the DSA wasn’t so horrifying, appalling, and stupid.

Japanese FX intervention is akin to spitting in the wind. It's cosmetic, but can't mask the fundamental inconsistencies in Japanese macro policy. The situation has changed little since 👇 omfif.org/2025/12/japane…

@marcthiessen So good.

Epic!

🗺️ AI frontier models as America's new frontier fasterplease.substack.com/p/ai-frontier-…

@haroldpollack Thank you, Harold. I agree!

@MichaelRStrain An awesome tradition. You are blessed to be part of it. Thank you for sharing.

It is hard for me to overstate the debt I owe to the Society of Jesus. I was educated in Jesuit schools for eight years, and their values, culture, and spirituality have had a huge impact on me. I am blessed today to teach in one of their schools. I am thinking about all this today, on the Feast of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuit order. I vividly remembering encountering the life of Ignatius, a soldier turned priest, for the first time the summer before my freshman year of high school, when we were required to read a biography of the saint. The Jesuits stress finding God in all things — that is a challenge, of course, but a worthy and necessary one that I try to take up every day. We were formed to live our lives as “persons for others” who realize that each person’s life is not ultimately about himself or herself. The Jesuits place great emphasis on intellectual excellence and scholarly pursuit, directed toward the common good. As the world turns away from liberalism, I think of the Jesuits’ embrace of vigorous, open, respectful debate. Saint Ignatius, pray for us. Ad maiorem Dei gloriam. cc: @JesuitsGlobal @JesuitsEast @MidwestJesuits @Georgetown @McCourtSchool

Check out this very thoughtful essay by labor economist @R_Sharfuddin_. labormarketmatters.com/p/a-baby-bust-…

Great podcast with @MKleinEF in which he discusses @EconoFactOrg, the terrific and important institution he founded. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why…