More Catching Up

Yes, I'm slacking. 

Theocon Fr. Neuhaus has a new book exploring teleology prior to that fair land to which we (hope to) go.

Obama's tax policy - from the horses' mouths.

Why doesn't the law of one price hold for wine? 

The Economist:  Stop blaming China.

Pessimistic Political Philosophy for the Day: A culture of responsibility.

A Scripted War.  HT: Kemp Gouldin

Demophilus was quite impressed with the Republican Rethink.

Jeff Howe talks about his new book on "crowdsourcing."

It's Official: Fukuyama makes a pronouncement on the Iraq War.

The conservative central banker himself suggests the worst is yet to come.

Lobster isn't so luxurious after all.

We still don't know what corruption is.

Savings rates must rise.

The socialism of bureacracy under McNamara.

"Where goods do not cross borders, soldiers will." - Bastiat

Who came out on top in the Russo-Georgian skirmish?  The same people that always do.

The future of crossing the street.  HT: Yglesias

Biden for Veep?  If so, Dems are asking for it.

Russ Roberts sits down with John Taylor, monetary policy guru, to discuss Helicopter Ben, et al.

The weather has gone from the king of smalltalk to the king of local nightly news.

Chart Porn: The relationship between city size and per capita pollution (negative).