Some thoughts on the Norwegian mass murderer and appropriate punishment.
“Stomp Out Capitalism”
The Occumorons declare their goal. No wonder Pelosi and Obama endorsed them.
George Nield
An interview on the subject of space transportation safety. Just for the record, I have always thought, and continue to think, that the notion that private operators are likely to be less safe than NASA to be foolishly ludicrous. All the incentives are the other way.
A Failure Of Imagination
Thoughts on our continuing fecklessness with regard to the Iran threat.
[Update a few minutes later]
Michael Totten says that the war may have already started, quietly. Well, it wasn’t that quiet in Isfahan.
It Was Just A Matter Of Time
They’ve cloned a Stradivarius with a 3-D printer. I don’t think we’re that far from Star Trek replicators.
The economic and market effects of this technology will be far reaching. For instance, as Eric Drexler pointed out in the eighties, what happens when there is no way, other than a chain of custody, to tell the difference between the original Mona Lisa and an exact copy?
Why Did American Declare Bankruptcy?
Megan McArdle explains.
No Woodstock For Him
Did Mitt Romney miss out on the sixties?
Black And Blue
The blue model batters black America. Black unemployment is now above 15%. So that’s what the change has been for Eric Holder’s people.
After Atlas Shrugs
…comes the ice. Thoughts on a new book by Jerry Pournelle.
Newt’s Not-So-Greatest Hits
Jim Geraghty’s been mining the archives. I think that if you look up the word “mercurial,” you’ll find his picture there.