Unqualified Offerings

gregorus was first off the bat with a request for some writing about transit policy. I should start by explaining what I know about the ins and outs of transportation and infrastructure budgeting and development patterns and such like: next to nothing. Nor will I blithely inform you that if only we’d listened to Robert [...]

I agree with my man Thoreau that telecom immunity is a genuine test of Barack Obama’s bona fides on civil liberties. It’s also a genuine test of the liberal side of any liberal-libertarian fusionism.
I think it’s very possibly a test that Obama has already failed. I have a sneaking suspicion that, as the de facto [...]

By Thoreau
While reading this (subscription only) article on fuel efficiency, I came across the following topic that would make a great test question:
Two people both drive 10,000 miles per year.  One of them upgrades his SUV from a model that gets 12 mpg to a model that gets 14 mpg.  The other upgrades his car [...]

By Thoreau
Greenwald is reporting that the House is ready to pass telecom immunity. If it passes there, it will go to the Senate.
I’m going to say that this is Obama’s big test. If he has a real interest in civil liberties, if he really wants to change Washington and govern differently, then he [...]

By Thoreau
Megan McArdle had a thread offering her thoughts on grad students and arrogance.  Some of us commenters observed that grad school tends to (at least initially) be a humbling experience, at least in our fields (mostly people who had either gone to law school or done graduate work in natural sciences).  This quickly led [...]

By Thoreau
After hearing about it on KROQ I’ve just added this to my Netflix queue.