I have a description of the current policy mess over at Reason.
The US Has Three Options In Iraq
…and they’re all bad.
Are Conservatives Dumber Than “Liberals”
It turns out that classical liberals (i.e., libertarians) are smarter than both.
The Space-Policy Teddy Bears, RIP
Temporarily, anyway. Things had gotten sufficiently absurd recently on the space-policy front that a new video would have almost written itself, but sadly, Xtranormal went tits up last summer, with all user info. Fortunately, there wasn’t much money in my account to lose, and all my videos are preserved on Youtube, but I’m not sure how I’ll be making any new ones.
Climate Science And Conservatism
Some thoughts from Judith Curry on Steven Hayward’s latest essays (including this one). I think that “climate cultists” is certainly no more derogatory a phrase than “deniers.”
Bill Watterson
…(briefly) returns to the comics page.
Environmentalists
Thoughts on their inhumanity.
Obama’s Student Loan Subsidies
Expect them to cause college costs to soar even more.
It’s a shame that the president doesn’t seem to have even taken Econ 101.
[Update a few minutes later]
Universities are one of America’s many failed dinosaurs.
The Polar Bears
Are doing just fine. Idiocy from the usual suspect notwithstanding.
Iraq
Is it the beginning of the end?
As he notes, it’s really become a regional war. The borders don’t mean much any more, and Kurdistan may finally be its own nation, which won’t thrill the Turks.