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Niall Ferguson

Harvard’s Niall Ferguson Uses Homophobia to Make Academic Point…?

Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at 5:43 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

I have infuriated more than a few people in friendly debates by dismissing Niall Ferguson as being to academia what Donald Trump is to business. Ferguson is a professor of History at Harvard who seems to prefer playing a political pundit on TV. But the following should give you a sense of why I think… Read more.

Niall Ferguson: from Eminent Historian to Political Hack

Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at 5:41 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

I trust my commentaries make it plain that I am far too cynical (aka informed) to be disappointed by anything in American politics. And nothing justifies my cynicism quite like the way political debates and election campaigns have been reduced to little more than hurling partisan talking points that have no regard for objective facts.… Read more.