This venue has been valuable for me, and hopefully any readers who came across it. I will be moving however. I have joined The Captured Perspective, a brand new blog featuring a variety of voices on issues of politics, culture, economics, the media, and various other topics. This is exciting …

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I just heard a "Give a, give a, give a Garmin" advertisement for the first time this year.

Similar to this but not quite the same:

This quote has been making the rounds.

Arnold Kling:

My main beef with economists is that standard macroeconomics does such a poor job of describing what is going on. The textbooks models are pretty much useless. Where in the textbooks is "liquidity preference" a demand for Treasury securities? Where in …

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Callie Shell's photo collection shows a look inside Obama's campaign from the lonely back roads of his Illinois Senate race to the mania in Berlin and Denver.

The New York Times keeps us aware of the size and growth rate of the federal debt. They mention that balancing the budget has been moved to the bottom of most Washington agendas. John McCain, meanwhile, said in the last debate that he would be able to balance the budget …

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As well as Cpl Kahn.

Colin Powell:

I'm also troubled by, not what Senator McCain says, but what members of the party say. And it is permitted to be said such things as, "Well, you know that Mr. Obama is a Muslim." Well, the correct answer is, he is not …

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The New York Times editorial board wants Congress to pass a law restricting credit card offers to college students. They say that these college students are "naïve about money matters and vulnerable to predatory offers." I call shenanigans. College students aren't middle schoolers. They can understand the concept of 30 …

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Ars Technica has a very interesting series on self-driving cars. Part I discussed the technical challenges to implementing the concept. Part II discusses the societal effects of self-driving car adoption. Part III will talk about the public policy, political, and legal issues this all would raise.

I've thought about this …

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I guess I should have been expecting this all along, but Google Maps is now festooned with advertising. I've mostly seen hotel ads (but haven't clicked on them to see where they go). I understand that this is how they make money, but it sure was nice getting something for …

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Gallery

While I'm looking at it, let me say that The Big Picture, which is put together by the Boston Globe, regularly shows some of the most interesting photography on the internet. Their latest entry is one of the best. It features photography by Yann Arthus-Bertrand.

Just go ahead and …

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