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Juan Cole on “Who Lost Turkey?” via Drum.

Use this when talking about states and communications.

We give lots more in charity than Europeans do. Not at all surprising to me.

FIU “one of the very worst universities in the country”? Ouch.

I was no fan of Slick Willy, and found his “depends on what the meaning of ‘is’ is” to be a real low in the annals of democratic (small ‘d’) accountability. But this is probably just as bad.

So was surfing this morning and caught the middle part of the first “Planet of the Apes” movie. I am sure that others have picked up on this (not that it’s particularly subtle), but I love the idea that Chuck Heston is on the side of science, with the apes subjugating science to religion (with…

Neat little piece in the June 2nd “economics focus” feature, entitled “Guests v gatecrashers“. Bottom line: illegal immigration might cost native-born residents some 0.07% of GDP. But that net cost, if it exists at all, is clearly less than the price of keeping illegal workers out. Since 2001 Congress has more than doubled the amount…

“The Music Never Stopped” torrent site (tmnsp.net) has been rebranded as Jerome’s Place, likely in anticipation of a less benign attitude toward torrent Grateful Dead related material by the new “keepers of the vault”, Rhino Records. Will the Rhino roar? Too soon to say, but I wouldn’t bet against it. In the meantime, RIP TMNSP…

Six months, long time away. I could never be a real (regular) blogger. Anyway, I am going to try to post occasionally.