This is a heart warming, but all-too-rare kind of story, particularly given the dysfunctional nature of our prison system.
A Knowledgable But Selfish Electorate
…may be better than an ignorant but well-meaning one.
Actually, the results of the last election would seem to indicate that we have an ignorant and selfish one.
Gas Price Spikes
Could fracking end them?
Heart Surgery
Try to avoid it. It hurts.
Good advice.
The Game Of Monopoly
It’s an indictment of statist interventionism, not free-market capitalism.
Questions For The President’s Press Conference
…that will almost certainly not be asked.
And bonus: Jay Leno’s lost opportunities.
Amazon Local, Los Angeles Edition
Every day, I get offers for: acting classes, teeth whitening, massage packages with reflexology and aromatherapy, microdermabrasion facials, tanning salons, exfoliation…
It’s like they’re trying to live down to the expectations of the rest of the country.
[Update a few minutes later]
Are you the kind of person likely to be suckered into a conversation with a Twitter-bot?
I’m not.
The State Of Public Education
A very depressing post at Instapundit.
No Rest For The Bringers Of It
In which Ace, and many others, including yours truly, righteously pile on @PiersMorgan on Twitter.
Climate Change
What are the real questions?
Basically, there’s one real problem — the real climate refuses to behave correctly. I went into this at length then, so I won’t repeat the whole argument, but the basic point is this: the actual observed temperatures have been flat for almost 20 years, and are now at the edge of the confidence interval — that is, the modelers would have taken a 20-1 bet against the temperatures staying this low.
Damn you, Gaia!