Wasilla

The Daily Show’s interview with Wasilla’s current mayor borders on terrifying. Others just seem like regular yokels (no offense intended).

Airport security

Not just a complete waste of time, but also a gigantic waste of money too. Proof and arguments here. We’ve become inured to the airport hassle so it’s unlikely to go away no matter how ineffective it might be. But worse, we’ve done this across the...

The City of Angels

I’m in L.A. this weekend to help celebrate my friends Garr and Adrienne’s marriage. I’ve only been to L.A. once before so I’m looking forward to driving about a bit and seeing whatever there is to see. Not so much South Central, you understand,...

The new bailout plan

We won’t buy illiquid investments. We’ll buy the banks themselves. This Harvard lecturer mirrors my thoughts exactly, which is to say this is another terrible idea.