…versus Hayek. I like them both, actually, but obviously for different reasons.
Category Archives: Popular Culture
Carnival Of Space
I often don’t link to these, because I often find them to be carnivals of space science and astronomy, but Ken Murphy has a very linky special edition from the recent ISDC, including a budding young talent.
Nowhere Man
As Glenn says, I can imagine a lot of campaign commercials coming from this. And a commenter notes the same thing that I thought when I heard what McCartney said. George Bush married a librarian.
Moron. I hadn’t realized before how completely lacking in class he was.
[Update a few minutes later]
More thoughts from Jay Nordlinger.
Virginia Postrel
An interesting discussion of Obama’s glamour problem, and the perversities of health care.
The Five Stages
[Via Jonah’s weekly email, to which you should subscribe]
A Premake
What if The Empire Strikes Back had been made in the fifties?
[Via Geekpress]
Martin Gardner
RIP. I hadn’t realized that he’d retired so long ago.
[Update a few minutes later]
Some personal memories from John Derbyshire.
The Last Episode Of Lost
I missed it. As I did all the other episodes. I never saw a single one.
Though, actually, now that I think about it, I never missed a single one.
Thirty Years Ago
The Empire Strikes Back first came out in theaters.
It was the best Star Wars movie. Which means it was almost good.
Put Up Or Shut Up
John Nolte has a challenge for the modern Hollywood blacklist deniers.