A Nation of Cowards

By Mar 05,2010

A Nation of Cowards

Sorry for the light blogging today. Allow me to leave you on this provocative note: We are (still) a nation of cowards. Now how can this be? How can a...

By Mar 05,2010

Smashing the Internet

It seems that in 1995, everyone wanted to bring down the Internet. Via the Dish I see this admission from Cliff Stoll: Of my many mistakes, flubs, and howlers, few...

By Mar 04,2010

Hipsters are so GD ridiculous

I loved the lede of this story in the New Yorker about shopping in Brooklyn. It’s behind the pay wall, but here’s a taste: A few years ago, a hat...

By Mar 04,2010

A little more on handgun bans

Another column today from a Reason writer on the silliness of handgun laws; I’ll just cut to the chase: Who places the highest value on owning a firearm? Criminals. Who...

By Mar 03,2010

America the stupid

Matt Continetti made a very good point in last week’s Standard. On the one hand, the unpopularity of Obamacare has led quite a few liberal writers to argue that the...

By Mar 03,2010

Scott Brown broke Washington

As recently as January 18, the day before Scott Brown’s election, there was no firm consensus that Washington was broken. Now it is a staple of high-minded conversation. Imagine for...