Strolling home today from the cafe where I sometimes work so as to get out of the apartment for a while, I popped into a local used bookshop. Browsing through the new arrivals, I spotted a hardbacked copy of Effort, Opportunity and Wealth by the late economist Julian Simon. Flipping it open idly, I was […]

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Lawrence Solum and Tim Lambert have compiled lists of a number of bloggers who’ve recently taken a 2-dimensional political ideology test that’s been around for a while. (It’s a version of the old Nolan Chart, but intended to avoid the pro-libertarian bias many such quizzes have.) Unsurprisingly, I come out pretty strongly libertarian anyway. Now, […]

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In case anyone was wondering what I did for Samhain…

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I take a shot at Lou Dobbs, the polite face of xenophobia, over at reason.

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So reads the headline on this story about a California town under threat from the spreading fires.

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Jeremy Lott makes the connection in an American Spectator piece.

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Yet another Cato-mite has joined the blogosphere. Say hello to Justin Logan.

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I managed to get through close to five years in Manhattan without becoming a crime victim. Last night, statistics caught up with me. I had parked all of half a block from the house of some friends I was going to visit. As I rounded the corner of the dark side street on which I’d […]

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As usual, an evening of good clean fun for all concerned. Here are a few snapshots. One: Myself and Matthew Hogan Two: Radley Balko, Matt Yglesias, Brooke Oberwetter, and Gene Healy Three: Jim Henley and Eve Tushnet Four: Missy Schwartz and Lane McFadden Five: Lex Gibson and Andrew Chamberlain

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Blogorama V, tonight, 7pm, Rendezvous Lounge.

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