An old joke holds that historians are gossips with footnotes. This often seems true of Herodotus, the “father of history”. Curious about everything anyone tells him, at times, he can be a bit credulous...
Jonah Goldberg makes some very good points about human welfare and markets: I’m no unmitigated fan of Wal-Mart, but it can’t be denied that Wal-Mart—and stores like it—have improved the lives of a lot...
Some enterprising New Mexican legislator is trying to push Bill Richardson out of the governor’s office and into the presidency of the Motion Picture Association. The resolution urging Richardson to take the MPA gig...
I think Jason and I disagree less than his critique of my post would suggest. He is correct that my rather brief treatment of markets (and the purpose of markets) leaves a great deal...
This video on one Louisiana town’s plan to defend itself from “homegrown terrorists” really has to be seen to be believed:
OG Scott has just started a new blog over at True/Slant that, in his words, “looks at the politics of lobbying and the impacts of lobbyists on politics,” called The Lobbiest (oh, Scott and...
I’m glad E. D. Kain’s post about markets has been recovered. It’s easier (and fairer) to critique something that actually exists. He writes: Choice and economic liberty are only useful instruments within society because...
I didn’t know Jon Swift/Al Weisel well enough to appropriately eulogize him, but his death hits close to home nonetheless. Beyond being a gifted writer capable of earning the respect of one of his...
It’s not quite ready to eat yet, but it’s definitely getting closer. Push still hasn’t come to shove, but Gov. Christie is increasingly looking to have a better idea of how he’s going to...
I see Br. Matthew has beaten me to the punch* on this one, but Mitt Romney is not dropping foreign policy science in his new book. From Time’s Alex Altman: It’s tempting to dismiss the section...
After evolution, classroom fights over climate science and The Big Bang Theory are the next front in the education cultural war.
N+1 reviews the Millenium trilogy, a Swedish crime series that takes a surprisingly dim view of the welfare state:
So, somehow new Gentleman Jason Kuznicki – hereafter known as the most unlucky blogger on the face of the planet – had his user account deleted along with all his posts. In my attempt...
Following up a bit on my “General America” piece, I wanted to add that I find the “all markets all the time” position within conservatism to be somewhat unfulfilling as well. Market solutions are...
This is one of the posts from my other blog that disappeared into the ether with our technical difficulties. It seems to deserve reposting here for a couple of reasons. First, it fits well...
“Does it matter where you see a piece of art?” Jed Perl asks at the New Republic, in an article about the imminent and ill-conceived move of the Barnes Collection from its original home...
Daniel Larison advises Republicans against attacking Obama on foreign-policy grounds: Despite the endless inane attacks from the GOP, most of the public approves of Obama’s handling of foreign policy and a plurality approves of...
Via First Thoughts, here’s a great essay on Jewish faith and fantasy writing. One of the authors featured, Lev Grossman, was interviewed by our very own E.D. Kain not too long ago.
Orin Kerr has a preliminary summary up of the argument in McDonald v. Chicago from this morning. As one may have anticipated, it looks like the Court is going to sidestep the opportunity to...
In keeping with Mr. Kain’s suggestion for more interaction at this party (less sitting in the corner of the room, glumly sipping a whiskey sour) and pivoting off of Mr. Schaengold’s great post about...
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