October 2010

David Brooks youtube-ized.

News Flash: The Fed to reward spendthrifts and debtors!!

Fall of the House of Usher--Epstein

We have perceived ourselves as free and unrestrained and limitless creatures living in a world of unlimited freedom, wealth, energy, and resilience.

Here is a tragic example of the soft tyranny of bureaucratic goodie-goodies backed by corporate muscle in favor of closing markets.

Politicians are Boring

by Caleb Stegall on October 12, 2010 · 4 comments

in Short

Michael Kinsley reviews a new collection of Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s writings and concludes that today’s politicians are boring boring boring.

jh

Anti-Washington Animus as Self-loathing.

microscope

They have no objections to non-scientists writing on evolutionary topics, so long as they do so in the proper spirit of submissiveness and adulation.

The End of the Book?

by Jeffrey Polet on October 10, 2010 · 5 comments

in Short

Is the age of the book over?

Is there a connection between building something together and community?

westboro

Free speech is a good thing. Respecting the value of the whole community is a better one.

Macy’s goes local. Except for the profits.

… and like it!

Fall_Foliage_Lake

… it’s drums and fight songs and nubile cheerleaders and the crack of shoulder pads …

The diversity club ran its course, and has been replaced with “second-wave environmentalism,” a.k.a. our culprit, sustainability.

A familiar web journal gets a new look and new mission.

money

TARP has expired. Are we better off for it?