Day: June 11, 2010

Why I watch soccer IFRL-TLC-War-34463351301_6f052cf9dd_o

Why I watch soccer

Will June 11, 2010

The weekend beckons, so I thought I’d write something about the World Cup. At his personal blog,...

Otters, dogs, & liberaltarians IFRL-TLC-Scenery-alexander-londono-319307-unsplash

Otters, dogs, & liberaltarians

Erik Kain June 11, 2010

For those of you who haven’t been paying attention, Megan McArdle and Peter Suderman are off to...

Truth, Justice, and the American (sexual) Way IFRL-Mindiv-Fantasy-GAPD-altesnational.the-iron-rolling-mill-modern-cyclopes

Truth, Justice, and the American (sexual) Way

Rufus F. June 11, 2010

With blogging, I sometimes wonder if I’ve really accomplished anything by linking to another text and saying,...

The weak presidency IFRL-TLC-Scenery-46679785221_d4e9613991_c

The weak presidency

Erik Kain June 11, 2010

Via Jonathan Chait, the other other Jonathan* – Jonathan Bernstein, not Jonathan Cohn – has a handy...

Her fake Chinese rubber plant in the fake plastic earth IFRL-Mindiv-brandon-erlinger-ford-1338801-unsplash

Her fake Chinese rubber plant in the fake plastic earth

Erik Kain June 11, 2010

David, I’ve thought much the same thing. At some point we’re going to wish we’d saved the...

We need to use less oil so we can keep using oil longer IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-freer.trees-one-of-a-pair-with-f1962-31-134

We need to use less oil so we can keep using oil longer

David Schaengold June 11, 2010

This bizarre Jeff Jacoby column argues that we shouldn’t hurt oil’s feelings. He quotes: Americans consume oil...

Economics 101 IFRL-Mindiv-alex-jones-1246-unsplash

Economics 101

Erik Kain June 11, 2010

[updated] Nate Silver puts several bullet-holes through this Wall Street Journal op-ed by Daniel Klein, which is...

InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025I am throwing this out there everywhere I comment in case relevant to anyone including any lurkers.…
InMD in reply to pillsy on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025True, but no death penalty in NY. I believe it's the feds pursuing it.
pillsy in reply to InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Pre-meditated murder is not, generally speaking, the kind of conduct one should engage in if one doe…
pillsy in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Sometimes actions have consequences, and inactions have consequences, and imaginary phantasms have c…
pillsy in reply to InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025As a bellwether, I think it's a bit less shocking than David Brooks calling for a general strike in…
Michael Cain on From Marginal Revolution: o3 and AGI, is April 16th AGI day?As for AGI, what does the software do when no one is bothering it with questions or tasks? Does it c…
InMD in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025One never wants to predict an outcome but I would think chances are high he gets it. Message being s…
Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Luigi Mangione has been indicted with something or other that makes him eligible for the death penal…
Saul Degraw in reply to Burt Likko on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025In response to the 4th Circuit, Pam Bondi promoted Garcia to being an MS13 gang leader. They have un…
CJColucci in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025I was there. They weren't.