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...