"There are men, in all ages, who mean to exercise power usefully; but who mean to exercise it. They mean to govern well; but they mean to govern. They promise to be kind masters; but they mean to be masters." Daniel Webster

Sunday, February 28, 2010

The High Costs of Free TV

The New York Times looks at the work of my former colleague Tom Hazlett.

Long on Anger. Short on Coherence

Jonathan Rauch and Tim Cavanaugh look at modern American conservatism.

How Green Was My Valley

At The American Conseravtive, Daniel Larison has a couple of posts questioning just how strong the opposition is inside Iran.

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Batman Readers Quizzed

Jesse Walker points us to this survey from a 1970 issue of Detective Comics.

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.

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