The future of online advertising
Kevin Drum asks: Are magazines generating — or on track to generate — more online revenue than I think? Are there hybrid models out there that I’m unaware of? Or is the future of...
Kevin Drum asks: Are magazines generating — or on track to generate — more online revenue than I think? Are there hybrid models out there that I’m unaware of? Or is the future of...
Time for a quick clarification of my defense of the 9th Circuit this afternoon. Responding to a defense of the 9th Circuit’s actions in refusing to permit an untimely habeas petition based on the...
I’m not much of a basketball fan – correction, I’m not a basketball fan at all – but the heavily-reported saga of Lebron James’ free agency has struck a bit of a chord with...
James Poulos thinks I’m wrong to advocate against Arthur Brooks’ culture war: Alas, the cultural conflict is already blazing. Some people think a federal tax on tanning is a legitimate tool of economic policy....
Lionfish are an invasive species. The solution? Eat them, say some: Sustainable-seafood advocates typically advise consumers to stay away from overfished, endangered species, but in this case they’re taking the opposite tack. Federal officials...
Will Wilkinson links to this post by Ezra Klein, who makes a very good point: Fairly few political commentators know enough to decide which research papers are methodologically convincing and which aren’t. So we...
As anyone who has read me the last 4 years on civil liberties issues can attest, I have a passion for the protection of the rights of the accused. In that vein, no one...
Alvin Greene, in South Carolina. I’m not making an endorsement, but I sure like what I’m reading: Another thing we can do for jobs is make toys of me, especially for the holidays. Little...
The anti-localism of American urbanism summed up in a paragraph: “The interesting thing about this demographic rocket ride, with an ascent and descent perhaps more rapid than that of any other U.S. city, is...
by Christopher Carr Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman’s existence in the popular consciousness largely rests on ideological antagonism. Krugman’s infamous September 2009 New York Times Magazine editorial, “How Did Economists Get It So...
The friend who pointed me to Joseph Epstein’s essay in the first place takes exception to some of what I wrote earlier on Epstein and the (non)decline of intellectual life: I’m glad you posted...