Two links from Josh that are very, very good:
- Scarcity & Abundance re: Technology – technology has a way of getting cheaper and more abundant; treating it like a more valuable resource than, say, time defeats the purpose
- “Zero money down, not subprime loans, led to the mortgage meltdown:” more fta – “51% of all foreclosed homes had prime loans, not subprime, and that the foreclosure rate for prime loans grew by 488% compared to a growth rate of 200% for subprime foreclosures.”
also:
- Michael Totten talks to Jeffrey Goldberg about prospects for peace in the Middle East; I wish more people could talk about politics generally the way these two do.
- Heritage reports that Cap and Trade (Waxman-Markey) is very, very costly and that this (of course) is being ignored (sorry, this is a repeat. Here, have something on why the nytimes is a terrible paper – h/t Instapundit)
- “Maybe She Doesn’t Want to be President”
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“Look. Another thing people here don’t understand is that it’s a hot region. It’s an emotionally hot region. Israel, too. The amount of yelling in Israel over things that don’t have to be yelled about is extraordinary. Blood runs hot. Maybe it’s the desert. I don’t know. People are governed by their emotions.”
This just seems amazing to me, because this has been said since, well, as far back as we know. It’s not so different that what Herodotus would have said. I wonder what it will take…