McMegan is so wrong, that she’s even wrong when she links to her husband. This is getting to be like a game of the dozens.
Great News About Global Warming!
An analysis branch of the German Army, that famously sloppy outfit which nobody would call exacting or thorough, has concluded that peak oil might arrive as soon as right now. Maybe we can find a sensible compromise solution that prevents chaos, collapse and Mad Max: Beyond Boise? Something like an alternative energy Apollo Program that …
Just the Narrative, Ma’am
From the headline (“Obama Against a Compromise on Extension of Bush Tax Cuts“) to the horse race frame and conventional wisdom narrative, this Times front-page article is a pure distillation of the stupid analysis we’re going to see for the next two months: WASHINGTON — President Obama on Wednesday will make clear that he opposes …
Making a buck out of crime
I meant to write a little more on these posts by Will Wilkinson and Suzy Khim on the really bad side-effects of private prisons but they pretty much cover the bases. I think the same perverse incentives exist with private military organizations. Profiting off of war is one of the most perverse incentives I can …
The Health Care Reform “Debate” Continues
The health care law has emerged as a defining issue in the U.S. Senate campaign between Democrat Lee Fisher and Republican Rob Portman. Fisher said he would have voted for the law, which when fully implanted in 2014 will provide health care coverage to millions of uninsured Americans. But Portman has assailed it as a …
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Galt’s goldfish
Sometimes I think that the fact I know what Tyler Cowen thinks of Megan McArdle’s take on Matt Yglesias’s rebuttal to Ezra Klein’s critique of James Joyner is a sign that I have too much time on my hands. Then I read New York Times articles like this: Her husband, Alan Wilzig, 45, a former …
Amazingly Enough, Shit From 30,000 Feet Still Looks Like Shit
Chuckie T. is losing sleep over the private emails of liberals: “I am sure Ezra had good intentions when he created it, but I am offended the right is using this as a sledgehammer against those of us who don’t practice activist journalism. “Journolist was pretty offensive. Those of us who are mainstream journalists got …
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