Tyler Cowen links to research showing that love is neurologically similar to obsessive compulsive disorder. I can’t imagine this being terribly surprising to anyone who’s actually been in love…

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I don’t usually cross-post my own Hit and Run stuff, but this item seems preposterous enough to mention twice…

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So Instapundit‘s linking to this “communitarian defense of patriotism,” which I’m not sure is even intended seriously, since the argument turns on one highly questionable undefended premise and a really glaring fallacy of decomposition. Let’s break it down. Step one: individuals in a democratic society bear responsibility for the actions (or failures to act) of […]

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I’m cited in the Washington Times. When do I get my Vast Right Wing Conspiracy decoder ring?

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Jenn‘s blogspheric debut reminded me of something that’s puzzled me for a while. (For the rest of this post, please keep in mind that all the folks I mention maintain personal websites that in no way carry the imprimatur of their employers.) Why the huge disparity in blog-distribution among the public policy tanks? You’d think […]

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Some thoughts on the electronic voting industry’s unhealthy obsession with secrecy over at reason.

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Urbanite and hepcat Jenn “Dutch” Holland is ready to start tearing up the blogosphere.

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Aren’t I too young to be nostalgic for youth? So you’d think, so you’d think. And all the odder to have that feeling inspired most by things that weren’t really part of my adolescence… See, despite the ubiquity of the single and video for “Buddy Holly” some ten years ago, I’ve only just gotten my […]

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Arthur Silber’s taking a serious financial hit due to the transit strike; if it’s worth it to you to see this guy return to blogging one day, hit the man’s tip jar.

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I received the following charming letter in response to my recent piece on Lou Dobbs, trade, and immigration: Leave it to a Latino to welcome more illegal Latinos and excuse their crimes. Gee, could it be coincidence? The “National Question” is arriving soon and it will be a wake-up call for illegal Latinos – back […]

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