Does America overvalue it?
Ummmm…no. I agree with Glenn Reynolds: “I think we undervalue kicking the ass of people who oppose it.”
The President’s UN Speech
Matt Welch describes what was heinous about it.
“I Reject The Premise Of The Question”
Those are the words with which Romney should always start his response to idiotic questions like this. If he does, he’ll win in a landslide against the Obama media.
Megalomania
How it explains the president’s response to the “Arab spring.”
Makes sense to me.
Being Immortal
Five reasons that it would suck.
I think it misses the point a little, though. It assumes that only you would be immortal. If everyone was, some of the reasons would go away. But more importantly, the goal isn’t immortality, it’s the ability to live as long as one wants to. I think that when you phrase it that way, none of the objections apply.
Asking The Important Questions
I’m sure glad that the president is taking time out from fixing the economy and the Middle East in meltdown to deal with the critical issue of football officiating. But I guess it’s a big issue for the swing state of Wisconsin.
[Update a while later]
More from Katrina Trinko.
Higher-Education Bubble Update
These people don’t need school — they need finishing school.
Obama’s Next Solyndra
Here comes Smith Electric:
The company has very limited customer base of only eight companies, and “the loss of any of these customers could materially harm our business.”
The SEC filing contained other damaging revelations. The firm said that its truck’s lithium-ion battery cells “have been observed to catch fire or vent smoke and flames,” and their warranty reserves may be insufficient to cover future warranty claims.
The company’s top management has limited or no experience in the automobile or truck business. Hansel previously led Evo Medical Solutions, which sold portable oxygen concentrators.
But other than that, it was a great bet, Secretary Chu.
The Physics Of Chicken Soup
OK, my question about this article is: who puts whole (or even cut) tomatoes in chicken soup? Honestly, the question being asked would never occur to me, because I’ve never been burned by a tomato in soup of any kind, let alone chicken.
A Reusable Falcon
Will it be bad for SpaceX?
The problem with his analysis is that (as Clark Lindsey notes in comments) he assumes no elasticity of demand with the lower prices. I think he’s wrong.