February 2012
8 posts
Delusions About the Detroit Bailout - NYTimes.com →
“I’d do it again,” Mr. Bush said of the [auto bailout] in a recent speech. “Sometimes circumstances get in the way of philosophy.”
This might be the wisest thing I’ve ever heard from Bush.
What Jeremy Lin Teaches Us About Talent →
The NFL combine and draft are practically useless when it comes to picking talented players:
Flipping a coin is the apt metaphor, as the higher [draft] picks proved better only 52 percent of the time. The [NFL] teams beat randomness, but barely.
Even Critics of Safety Net Increasingly Depend on... →
Support for Republican candidates, who generally promise to cut government spending, has increased since 1980 in states where the federal government spends more than it collects. The greater the dependence, the greater the support for Republican candidates.
So. Stupid.
The Making of Gay Marriage's Top Foe →
So she believes that, given how difficult it will be to get good social-science data on what same-sex marriage means for children, it’s best just to assume that it’s bad for them.
Ugh.
Obama, Explained →
Activists Fight Green Projects, Seeing U.N. Plot →
Former Senator Phil Gramm says we’re a “nation of whiners”…I think we’re closer to a “nation of idiots”.
Maine Residents Struggle to Heat Their Homes →
Dangers of Fracking →
Really nicely designed page highlighting the problems with hydraulic fracturing.