December 2007
“Paul is no demagogue, and probably couldn’t be if he tried. He’s too...”
– Just a couple paragraphs from Tucker Carlson’s article about Ron Paul in the New Republic. Read every paragraph—they’re all good. You wouldn’t know it from his TV appearances, but Tucker Carlson is one of the best political writers around. He’s fair, and he sees...
“Last summer, two burglars broke into Ricks’ home. He shot and killed one...”
– The rest is here.
“If at first you don’t at first recognize the Third Church of Christ,...”
– People are very quick to stop progress when it’s at someone else’s expense.
“Amazon.com may not offer free delivery on books in France, the high court in...”
– Sometimes I read things like this and feel good about our country. And sometimes I just worry that this is where we are headed.
“Hugo Chavez constantly urges his supporters to reject “savage...”
– This is pretty funny. The political situation in Venezuela would be funny, except for the obvious and inevitable toll it will take on the people living there. (h/t Reason)
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“Sending people to prison for five or 10 or 15 years for looking at pictures is...”
– It’s strange that the arrangement of pixels can make something so severely illegal. Viewing these pictures seems like an extreme invasion of the privacy rights of the abused children pictured in child pornography, but isn’t the real crime the creation of this porn? I can understand the...
This is Jill Sobule, proving that the best way to...
“She tells me to meet her in the lobby of the Morrison House Hotel in Old Town...”
– The rest of the short story is here. I wrote it for a short story contest sponsored by the Morrison House Hotel. It came in second.
“I’m essentially an aggregate utilitarian: I think that as long as...”
– I’m not sure if Megan McArdle has convinced me of this, or if I just want to believe it because meat tastes good.
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“To my chagrin, I made an error in my New Yorker piece “None of the...”
– I like Malcolm Gladwell, but this is a pretty good example of an egregious error and an inadequate correction.
Watch It seems like the most interesting things you find on a vacation are the things you just stumble upon.
WatchSometimes, a mother has to be turned out.
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fun with words
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Watch Tall Stacks in Cincinnati, 2006
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Good and Bye—I like pretty much every song...
