Sunday, February 28, 2010
Long on Anger. Short on Coherence
Jonathan Rauch and Tim Cavanaugh look at modern American conservatism.
How Green Was My Valley
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Friday, February 26, 2010
Immigration and Crime
Ron Unz has a reply to critics of his article noting that increased immigration hasn't brought increased crime.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Treat Me Like a Dog
Reason's latest video looks at what health care reformers could learne from veterinary medicine.
More here.
More here.
To Quote Gary Shandling
She's lucky it wasn't a sperm whale. Sorry, I couldn't resist. Seriously, after the first time the whale killed someone, you'd think maybe they'd take it out of the act.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
The Hotties of Olympic Curling
The Olympics has been doing better ratings than most people expected. These ladies may be one reason. The female biathletes are even more attractive, imo.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
Insta-Offended
The Republican Echo Chamber says something nutty. Economist Bruce Bartlett respectfully disagrees, and the REC gets all offended. Clark Stooksbury has the story:
I got to thinking about how Reynolds described Bartlett’s response as “typically intemperate” and did a search to see how often Reynolds found need to chide Bartlett for that failing and found that most previous Instapundit links to him are neutral or positive. It would seem that Bartlett only becomes “intemperate” when he criticizes Glenn Reynolds. My question is, what took you so long Bruce?
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Latin Immigrants and Crime
The American Conservative (yes, the magazine founded by Pat Buchanan) shows that the idea that increased immigration has brought increased crime is a myth.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
More on the Violence in Kurdistan
In addition to firing on political opponents, our allies are kidnapping them from hospitals.
Bea's Roundtable
My favorite restaurant turns 60 this year.
In the comments, there's some talk that Bea's is too pricey now. Here's one way of looking at it. When the restaurant opened, it charged 75 cents a person. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis's inlfation calculator, 75 cents in 1950 would be worth $6.63 today.
In the comments, there's some talk that Bea's is too pricey now. Here's one way of looking at it. When the restaurant opened, it charged 75 cents a person. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis's inlfation calculator, 75 cents in 1950 would be worth $6.63 today.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Bad to Worse in Iraqi Kurdistan
Odd, you never read about things like this on the Republican echo chamber.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Ebert Speaks
Roger Ebert lost his jaw, and his ability to speak, to cancer four years ago. Esquire looks at how modern technology may give him back his voice, sort of.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
The Great Global Warming U-Turn
The British press has been all over this story, the crumbling of the global warming consensus. The American media has barely touched it.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
After Midnight
When I spoke to the National Weather Service testerday afternoon, a forecaster told me we'd have another wave of snow pass trhough the area late tonight/early monday morning. He also said it would leave about a inch of snow.
The first prediction was off. It's snowing now, and by the looks of things we are going to get more than an inch.
The first prediction was off. It's snowing now, and by the looks of things we are going to get more than an inch.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Danny Hodge: What Might Have Been?
Dave Meltzer has a good story on what the the all-time greats in amateur wrestling.
Highway 151
My mom just told me the county says its hazardous and drivers should avoid it. Wish she'd told me that before I almost killed myself on it.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Stimulus Hypocrisy
The Washington Times writes:
He's not the only "conservative" critic of the stmulus they caught trying to weasle as much of it as he could.
Ranked among the most conservative members of the House by the American Conservative Union (ACU), Rep. John Linder, Georgia Republican, posted a blog item on his Web site on Oct. 21, stating that recent unemployment figures "only reinforce the fact that the $787 billion 'stimulus' signed into law eight months ago has done nothing for job growth in this country."
Two weeks earlier, Mr. Linder had sent a letter to [Agriculture Secretary Tom] Vilsack backing an application for stimulus money by the Elauwit Community Foundation, records show. With unemployment in Georgia topping 10 percent, "the employment opportunities created by this program would be quickly utilized," Mr. Linder wrote.
He's not the only "conservative" critic of the stmulus they caught trying to weasle as much of it as he could.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Japanese Robot Eats Snow, Poops Bricks
Will tracking down Sarah Connor, be next?
HT: Tyler Cowen, who has much more on Japan's cutting edge snow-removal technology.
HT: Tyler Cowen, who has much more on Japan's cutting edge snow-removal technology.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
You Betcha
Nick Gillespie reviews books by and about Sarah Palin:
Despite her impressive fan base and her ability to turn out huge crowds, Palin’s own program for “The Way Forward” (as she names a chapter in Going Rogue) makes plain that she is last year’s political model, a vehicle for a backward-looking GOP bent on blending generic social conservatism, small-government encomiums, big government spending, unconvincing outsider outrage, and status quo foreign adventurism. With a Saint Reagan statue firmly glued to the dashboard, of course.
Whatever mojo such rhetorical posturing once had, Americans have heard it all before, most recently during the administration of George W. Bush, who with the able assistance of a Republican majority managed to double overall federal spending in real dollars over the course of eight years. If the Republicans are to regroup and advance in another direction, they will need something other than warmed-over Karl Rove speeches.
The Biparisan Corporate Welfare State
Tim Carney's latest column shows how both the REpublicans and democrats are in deep.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Mexico Getting Less Deadly
Despite the many, high-profile and often gruesome, murders being committed in the drug war, Mexico's homicide rate has actually been declining for over a decade.
How Many Ways Can You Bow in Japan?
It seems to me they should have much more than this article claims.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Tea Partiers Go After Ron Paul
They are angry that he doesn't support the war in Iraq, and they say he doesn't bring home enough pork to his district. Really.
Sheriff Joe Faces Sanctions
What's the legal term for destroying records and refusing to turn over material like a court has ordered?
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Returning America to Fiscal Solvency
George Will lauds Rep. Paul Ryan's budget plan, while, not surprisingly, Republican leaders in the House of Representtives are running away from it.
Return of the Baltic Tiger
Few countrries were hit worse by the recent worldwide recession than Estonia. authorities there met the crisis by doubling down on their free-market policies. It seems to be paying off.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Things You May Not Have Known About Jack Brisco
A friend pays tribute to the late wrestling champion.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Brad DeLong Is Still an Ethics Free Partisan Hack (Part of a Series)
David Henderson, who is much too nice, has more.
Kathryn Bigelow vs. James Cameron
Steve Sailer looks at the former spouses who will be facing off at this year's Oscars.
Incidentally, here's a photo of Bigelow from a few weeks ago at the Critics Choice Movie Wards. She's 59. Is it just me or does she look much younger?
Incidentally, here's a photo of Bigelow from a few weeks ago at the Critics Choice Movie Wards. She's 59. Is it just me or does she look much younger?
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Why Is Everything So Green?
TVLand is showing the color episodes of "The Andy Griffith Show," and the walls, the clothes and Mayberry in general seem so green.
Brad DeLong Is Still an Ethics Free Partisan Hack (Part of a Series)
But Steve Horwitz has some interesting articles up at his blog.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
Rip Thought He Was Coming Home
He left his hat and boots at the door of the bank he broke into while drunk.
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