By • Feb 15,2010

Huh, interesting…

I meant to post a wholehearted agreement with Spencer Ackerman’s take on journalists using “interesting” in a story, but forgot until Andrew referred to it. So yes: A journalist using...

By • Feb 13,2010

Remix culture

I’d be curious to know what Julian Sanchez — the author of this post and this clip on the evolution of remix as it relates to culture — makes of...

By • Feb 12,2010

The uninsured and mortality rates

Over at the Standard’s blog I have a post up linking to Megan McArdle’s recent column about the impact on mortality rates of health insurance. McArdle’s basic point is that...

By • Feb 11,2010

Liberal Condescension, cont.

It’s funny how when someone points something out you see it pop up over and over again. Take Gerard Alexander’s piece on liberal condescension, for example: After reading it in...