• one correlate of the idea that time is progressive and that we. Captain Capitulation, eye of the storm (2009-10-04). one correlate of the idea that time is progressive and that we are it which should give progressives pause is the way the idea has articulated cultures. so, for example, hegel held that africa had no history, was outside of history. in anthropology into the midlate twentieth century, you got… (Linked Saturday 2009-10-17.)
• it’s amazing that when people discuss genocide, as in daniel. Captain Capitulation, eye of the storm (2009-10-17). it’s amazing that when people discuss genocide, as in daniel goldhagen’s new book (at least as it’s represented in the review; i intend to read it), or in the alternative views mentioned in the review (‘"Mobilizing the Will to Intervene," a study by leading Canadian and American figures, identifies "poverty… (Linked Saturday 2009-10-17.)
• Economies of Scale in Compliance, by David Henderson. EconLog (2009-10-11). This morning, after a highly-productive Liberty Fund seminar in Santa Fe, I went over to Pasquale’s for breakfast. I sat with a woman who runs a Mexican restaurant in a small town in Colorado. We talked about various things, including her criticism of "factory farms" that, in her view and… (Linked Saturday 2009-10-17.)
• The Pill makes you attracted to pansies. Jill, Feministe (2009-10-13). Or so says perpetually off-kilter Jill Stanek — except she uses the term "quiche-eaters." Basically, a study says that women who use birth control tend to be attracted to men with more boyish features with caring personalities, versus "rugged" men with controlling personalities. The study itself is questionable, and the… (Linked Saturday 2009-10-17.)
• RRND/FND Bleg. Kn@ppster, KN@PPSTER (2009-09-16). I don’t usually talk much about my day job here at KN@PPSTER, and when we run a fundraiser over there I usually give it at most a mention here. This one’s a bit different and I figure it’s a "hit hard, everywhere" situation. So:Dear readers,Over the years, we’ve tried various… (Linked Saturday 2009-10-17.)
• Berlusconi Hides Nipple of Truth. Kerry Howley, Kerry Howley: Reason Magazine articles and blog posts. (2008-08-06). Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi likes the painting to the right, a Giambattista Tiepolo work called "La Verit?@c3;a0; Svelata dal Tempo." (The Truth Unveiled by Time.) He likes it so much that he gives news conferences with a reproduction of the painting as backdrop. Truth, the young woman, is front… (Linked Monday 2009-10-19.)
• A bad attitude — the new felony. wendy@nospam.com (Wendy McElroy), WendyMcElroy.com : News (2009-10-16). A bad attitude — the new felony (Linked Monday 2009-10-19.)
• the best version of this story i read ended with the moral "some infinities are bigger than others". HOW TRUE. Dinosaur Comics (2009-10-19). archive – contact – sexy exciting merchandise – search – about– !!!@@e2;2020;90; previousOctober 19th, 2009nextOctober 19th, 2009: The talk went well! Or at least, I hope it did. A CONFESSION: I queued up all these comics and posts way back when it was last Wednesday, because I was worried I’d… (Linked Monday 2009-10-19.)

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• 10/GUI. ignorethecode.net (2009-10-14). Technological civilization is awesome (cont’d). (Linked Wednesday 2009-10-14.)
• Extend the ACORN Standard! jwalker@reason.com (Jesse Walker), Jesse Walker: Reason Magazine articles and blog posts. (2009-09-17). Sam Smith writes: The Senate has defunded ACORN due to the misbehavior of a few of its staff. If the Senate had applied the same principle to Wall Street, there never would have been a bailout. (Linked Friday 2009-10-16.)
• View Source Tutorial. Sam Ruby (2009-10-07). Brad Neuberg: View Source Tutorial: Fancy Web Page Using HTML5, CSS, and SVG [via Tim Strehle] Not only is it a thing of beauty (both visually and from a view source perspective), it also nearly validates… and furthermore the validation errors are useful.  This is hopefully an indicator of the… (Linked Friday 2009-10-16.)
• Amazon Introduces Same-Day Delivery. Daring Fireball (2009-10-16). Technological civilization is awesome. (Cont’d.) (Linked Friday 2009-10-16.)
• A Matter of Justice. Will Wilkinson, Will Wilkinson (2009-09-29). Typically excellent stuff from Tim Lee: I think a far more effective approach [than cost-benefit analysis] is to use what is probably the most powerful weapon in American politics: our now deeply-rooted and emotional commitment to the principle of equality before the law. Over the last 50 years, American society… (Linked Friday 2009-10-16.)

• Headline of the Decade. Jesse Walker, Jesse Walker: Reason Magazine articles and blog posts. (2009-10-11). Via Probably Bad News: (Linked Tuesday 2009-10-13.)
• typepad seems funky this morning, so i can’t link tom. Captain Capitulation, eye of the storm (2009-10-11). typepad seems funky this morning, so i can’t link tom friedman’s column. but i think he’s showing his stripes, his…ass. he actually suggests that the nobel peace prize should go to the american military. now i will admit that the relation between peace and military power is complex, and that… (Linked Tuesday 2009-10-13.)
• You've got half your anarchy tied behind your back: Hey, libertarians! Politics makes you stupid. Brad Spangler, BradSpangler.com (2009-10-11). One of the problems with anarchist activism in electoral politics is that it deforms the perspective, attitudes and rhetoric of members of the movement generally — decreasing the effectiveness of their advocacy. Sometimes that's the case with particular people even if they themselves aren't active in electoral politics. The stupidity… (Linked Wednesday 2009-10-14.)
• The soft bigotry of low expectations. John Markley, The Superfluous Man (2009-09-25). Perusing Hit and Run, I encountered this post about some police caught on video who, having stormed a house during a drug raid, decided to settle in and spent several hours playing a bowling game on the resident’s Nintendo Wii.My instinctive reaction to reading this news is an illustration of… (Linked Wednesday 2009-10-14.)
• Reality outstupids parody once again. John Markley, The Superfluous Man (2009-10-09). I was up very late last night, as is my habit (one of the nice things about a job done mostly from home is that if I want to sit at my computer playing Victoria: Revolutions at 3:30 AM, that’s my prerogative), and I saw the news that Barack Obama… (Linked Wednesday 2009-10-14.)