Child’s Play
Steven Johnson has a fascinating article up on BoingBoing about how much better video games are for kids than the idiotically random kid’s games of previous generations.
There’s probably something deep to be said about this, but all I can think about right now is planning a Candyland themepark/casino. Fun for the whole family!
Hat tip [...]
“Storm” by Tim Minchin
[Tim Minchin performs his poem "Storm".]
Hat tip to Rebecca Watson.
Will School Choice Solve The Evolution Question?
The Cato@Liberty blog quotes from a previous Cato piece by Neal McCluskey:
Ultimately, the problem in Texas isn’t whether or not the theory of evolution has weaknesses, or whether pointing to such weakness is religiously or scientifically motivated. The problem is that the public schooling system requires everyone in the state to fund schools that take [...]
Better Living Through Marketing
I am most amused by the recent introduction of “100% Cranberry Juice” to grocery store shelves. It is, of course, no such thing. Cranberries are very sour, and drinking pure cranberry juice is about as popular as drinking pure lemon juice.
The fine print reveals these products to be 100% fruit juice, most of which is [...]
A Concise Explanation of Republicans
Neal McCluskey, writing at Cato @ Liberty:
Neocons, one can’t help but conclude, must be politically and logically bipolar, able to swing from “no more government” to “hell yes, more government!” in a single op-ed. At the very least, they evince little understanding of why government works or fails, or what it can and cannot do. [...]
