And the inevitably failed price controls in Zimbabwe are succeeded by...price controls. I'm not sure it's possible for the situation to get more depressing, but it's an incredible catastrophe getting worse.
Congratulations to blog pioneer, friend of LGM, and edit makin' person Patrick Nielsen Hayden for winning the Best Editor in the Known Universe award!
A quick blog housekeeping note: I will be traveling for the rest of this holiday weekend to go to a wedding across the country. I think I might actually leave.
John Hawkins at Townhall, in one of recent memory's most extraordinarily ill-disguised racist tirades:Two years after Katrina, everywhere you turn, there are people carping, whining, and kvetching. Just why hasn't the pity party for the citizens of New Orleans run out of booze and chips yet?It's...
There was a high powered panel this morning at APSA on strategic withdrawal from Iraq. It included James Wirtz of the Naval War College, John Mearsheimer, Juan Cole, and Stephen.
We have a sighting of that increasingly rare beast, the principled, internally consistent pro-lifer! In response to an Anna Quindlen column that produced the usual outpouring of comically transparent illogic.
Kimblerley A. Strassel argues that the majority of women who vote Democratic are out there for the Republican plucking. What, might you ask, is the strategy? Well, apparently women no longer care about such trivial "70s" issues as whether they will be discriminated against in the...
According to CNN, Idaho Senator may be stepping down today. It's obvious that Craig - like so many others in the scandal-ridden GOP - is a complete and utter hypocrite..
Jeff Goldstein really should be performing with a brick wall in the background:Still, I think there are certain elements of an actual conspiracy here that shouldn’t be overlooked -- most.
There's something I thought I'd never say. Good news today on the criminal justice front out of Texas. Kenneth Foster came within hours of execution today for the 1996 shooting murder of Ray LaHood. The killing occurred after a robbery spree during which Mr. Foster was...
This post from Michael Asher at DailyTech has already brought predictable yodels from climate change skeptics. From what I can gather, Asher supplies -- once again -- ample evidence that.
"You ask for a miracle, I give you...Charlie Manuel."Granted, I've never understood the intentional walk fetish of so many managers. But they don't get much stupider than walking 1)the best.