Monday, April 27

Link blag

Nate Silver looks at tea party demographics: 2 parts libertarian-conservative, 1 part Palinite know-nothings.

Politico: The GOP Base is in rebellion mode.

Hilzoy explains the magic of recent Wall Street profits.

Daily Beast: Why don't Chinese want more freedom?

Yglesias on Secrecy, Democracy, and Security...
The long-term viability of the United States depends much more on our ability to sustain liberal institutions than on our ability to carve-out effective exceptions to the basic principles of transparency, democracy, and accountability.
RBC: A modern three-fifths rule?

ReadWriteWeb: First impressions of Wolfram|Alpha

The World Privacy Forum has a list of the 10 most important things to opt out of.

In comments, Metavirus and I have a go about lefty arrogance and gov't interference in the housing market.

A serious essay on the evolution of the female orgasm.

Seven years ago, Greenpeace published a guide to environmentally-friendly sex.

Many people don't understand gravity.

1 comment:

  1. wow as to the gravity link. i'm sure in some quarters gravity somehow disses god's infinite power. just like evolution or the age of the earth being more than 6000 years old. ignorance as virtue.

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