Rethink.

Steve Jobs (h/t Josh): If we gave vouchers to parents for $4,400 a year, schools would be starting right and left. People would get out of college and say, “Let’s start a school.” You could have a track at Stanford within the MBA program on how to be the businessperson of a school. And that …

U.S. Navy saves Iranians from Pirates (Wired) – from the article: Just days after Iran threatened the U.S. Navy and bloviated about closing off the Strait of Hormuz, the Navy saved 13 Iranian commercial sailors from pirates. Jay Cost, “The Nomination Rules Are Rigged Against Grassroots Conservatives” – so let’s say the GOP nominated no …

Shalom Auslander, “Grabbing Life by the Horns” – from the article: When I was a child, my mother told me that everyone in the world hated me. They hated me, she said, because I was a Jew. Megan McArdle, “Saving the New Year” – from the article: The recession should have driven home some hard …

Handel, “For Unto Us a Child Is Born” – I think Handel is a hack who reused the same melody a billion times over for cash. That having been said, sometimes he has amazing melodies and his work makes your hair stand on end. One of the better ways I can think of starting this …

I know. It’s been a while since one of these. But these links are very good: Felicia Day, “RSS Rant” – this requires extended comment, as it has me thinking of the user experience of this site. She details how she uses RSS: RSS is a way to consume a LOT of information very quickly, …

Adam Sternbergh, “Five-Ku: Short poems on the Conan the Barbarian Remake” – these poems are really good. Also hilarious. Joe Nocera, “How Democrats Hurt Job Creation” (h/t Josh) – from the article: The law, to be sure, forbids a company from retaliating against a union. But the word “retaliation” suggests direct payback — a company …

Of interest: Megan McArdle, “Somali Famine Victims Have to Give Food Aid Back After Posing for Photos” – from the article: And the aid is not even safe once it has been distributed to families huddled in the makeshift camps popping up around the capital. Families at the large, government-run Badbado camp said they were …

Sara Ruffin Costello, “Everyone in the RV, It’s Road Trip Time!” – from the article: That afternoon we roll into a shady hookup site in the accurately named Red Valley. After sampling homemade raisin pie from the restaurant at Bryce Canyon Pines Resort, I declare this to be my favorite campsite-cum-gas station. Then I notice …

Kristine Lowe, “Terror in Oslo” – from the article: VG, Norway’s largest newspaper and also my main employer, was right across the street from the governement headquarters where the bomb went off, and large sections VG’s glass walls facing the explosion fell out… Megan McArdle, “Getting Specific on Spending” – from the article: The tea …

A few of you have asked about the campaign. It’s going well – we have a plan and are implementing it. Money would help enormously. One thing I’ve learned is that what I’m doing with this blog is doubly remarkable: not only is the content unique, but having an audience at the price only of …