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Linkfest 2017-05-26

* At LAX's new private terminal, the rich are pampered while normal people suffer Gavin de Becker, who became famous because of Oprah, has expanded his celebrity security business to a whole terminal at LAX. de Becker is the kind of guy who strikes me as a secret crimethinker,

Linkfest 2017-05-05

* The Man Who Invented Identity Politics for the New Right Steve Sailer is getting more attention. This probably isn't good attention, but what can you do? * The quiet but substantial successes of Abenomics I still don't understand macroeconomics, but I am trying. * The siren song of

Linkfest 2017-04-21

* How Is An Emergency Room Like A Monkey Wrench? Depending on you do the accounting, emergency rooms aren't the most expensive way to get care. * LIBERALISM'S FUTURE If you combine this essay from 2016 by Rusty Reno, editor of First Things, with this 2017 article by

Linkfest 2017-01-22

Happy New Year! I've taken two weeks off for the birth of my third child, but now I am back at it! Peak conception time by daylight hours I saw the following chart on Twitter, and found it intriguing. Roy Wright was interested enough to write a blog

Linkfest 2016-12-23

IT Jobs Explained I'm sure this applies to more than just IT. How a Pen and Paper RPG Brought 'Star Wars' Back From the Dead A more detailed look at the way West End Games' Star Wars RPG set the stage for everything we have

The Long View 2004-07-02: Fed; Buckley; Coral; Detention

In one of those fascinating coincidences, I just read an article by John Cochrane, the Grumpy Economist, today on what current economic theory thinks causes inflation. Best guess: they don't know. The theory used to link employment and inflation, but the post-housing bubble US economy didn't

LinkFest 2016-07-29

Man Who Doxxed Dozens Of People, Engaged In Nineteen 'Swattings', Nets Only One Year In Prison I don't think I know enough to really have an opinion about appropriate sentencing for this, but it does *seem* a little light. A Reason for Optimism This is a