. . . it's worth remembering that our elected representatives have almost always vasting underestimated the cost of health care laws . ... Read the full post ... Read more

Are "our current economic problems . . . due to blind acceptance of the efficient markets hypothesis (EMH)"? Hell, no. Fama and French dispatch that dopey idea quickly and efficiently .  ... Read the full post ... Read more

Philip Greenspun argues "yes" . The stimulus money is apparently not being used to invest in infrastructure that can be used by the future generations who will be paying for it. It is being used to delay restructuring by states whose payroll and pension expenses cannot be sustained ... Read more

. . . for health care reform. I'm not at all convinced it's necessary, but at least it's more reasonable--and cheaper--  than many of the ideas proposed: I think a better role for government would be shining a light on the existing private healthcare plans in a way that woul ... Read more

" I would not make it as a supermodel today " says Cindy Crawford. The world continues to go to hell in a handbasket. (Link via MLN.) ... Read the full post ... Read more

. . . and surprises his ten-year-old daughter . ... Read the full post ... Read more

Entertaining and informative video . (Link via Glenn Reynolds .) ... Read the full post ... Read more

Now all we need is an anthropologist or somebody to explain the interesting cross-country differences . (Link via Metafilter .) ... Read the full post ... Read more

From McSweeney's . Sample: Horatio thinks he saw a ghost. Hamlet thinks it's annoying when your uncle marries your mother right after your dad dies. The king thinks Hamlet's annoying. Laertes thinks Ophelia can do better. Hamlet's father is now a zombie. ... Read th ... Read more

I think most of these predictions will be off by least a few years, but we'll see. ... Read the full post ... Read more