
Welcome to the Overnight Folder. Here’s a stack of articles/links I think are worth a read.
FEBRUARY 2012
NBC DC: Casino Proposed for National Harbor
BigGovt: Sherrod Brown Is a Serial Tax Delinquent
Fox: Feds arrest man heading to U.S. Capitol for suicide mission
Yahoo: DC man’s ‘NO TAGS’ vanity plate earns him $20,000 in tickets
AZ Daily Star: Az set to elect first new U.S. Senator in 18 years
ESPN: McShay: Browns have to trade up for RG3
Miami Herald: Miami Heat’s LeBron James won’t rule out eventual return to Cleveland
WTAM: Romney comes to Cleveland, tells funny story about a trip he took to Elyria
Reason: Target Knows Your Daughter Is Knocked Up: More Upsides to Zero Privacy
NYTimes: How companies learn your secrets
Hayek: Revealing Hidden Information
Santorum’s Manufacturing Plan, well, sucks
Pleated Jeans: Basement Basketball (I am so guilty of this, and mini stick hockey)
Gallup: Americans love Canada
SavannahNow: Zombie horde attacks Fort Pulaski as key scene is shot for film
STLToday: Billikens do their part, so where are the people?
Centives: How much would it cost to build the Death Star?
NYTimes: The Buffett Tax Rule Is Really More of a Guideline
News of the Weird: ESPN: ‘Piggyback bandit’ banned in five states
Coloradan: A precinct built for two in Larimer County
AP: School-zone sign with 6 separate times irks driver
ExJon: Remember when Tucson Democrats called for “civility?”
AZDC: Hola, yo soy Newt Gingrich
Boudreaux: On Will, the USSC, and Rent Control
Sallie James: Trade with China | Shut down the Ex-Im Bank
Goldberg: Free Healthcare? That’s Rich
Economist: Over-Regulated America
(Somewhat) Daily Krugman rebuttal
Crews: How to Swap the Obama Budget for an Optimistic Economic Growth Agenda
Happy Birthday, LeVar Burton
WaPo: Do we really need another Kennedy in Washington?
Above the Law: Possible Criminal Charges for a Georgetown Criminal Law Professor
All of those horrible “think I do memes” in one place
Noahpinion: How I survived the Economics Job Market
Roll Call: The Boy Mayor’s Last Stand <- Boy Mayor = Kucinich
Atlantic Wire: Pinterest’s money making plans
MR: Labor Market Fact of the Day
CBS News: Kellogg to buy Pringles
Jalopnik: How I Put 750,000 Miles On My Honda Civic In Just Five Years
Walter Williams: Rising Black Social Pathology
If you went to High School in St. Louis…
WSJ: Washington’s knack for picking losers
McArdle: Why do people oppose development?
Examiner: Why did Santorum lose in 2006?
How to make your own cool key holder
The Cold Light of Day written by St. Ignatius Alumni John Petro ’95 — in theaters this April
Rustwire: An Illustrated History of Cleveland’s Varied Attempts at “Rebranding”
Irony Alert: Please consider the environment before printing these 800,000 petitions, Enviros!
Reason: Wende Museum: An Archive of the Cold War
It looks like Siri isn’t going to be a hit in Scotland
NRO: Dave Camp Spanks Tim Geithner
Sen. Kyl: Celebrate 100 years of Arizona greatness today
INHOFE: OBAMA’S NUCLEAR PLAN BREAKS WORD TO CONGRESS; FULFILLS CAMPAIGN PROMISE
Thomas Sowell: The Progressive Legacy — Part 1, Part II
American: How Taxing the Rich Harms the Middle Class
AdAge: Beer-Ad Ban Hits Russia as Nation Boosts Sobriety
Sports Economist: Just give him the keys to the treasury
NYTimes: The economics of the Washington Post
Reason: An Orange Country Deputy Shot an Unarmed Marine in Front of His Children Last Week
City: The Last Sane Liberal
EOnline: Worst of the Grammys — Nicki Menaj
USNEWS: Occupy Wall Street Must Learn That We Are What We Buy
Lugar: Big Sugar’s Valentine’s Day surprise
LifeHacker: How to build a notifier app for your website on Google Chrome
Esquire: Wayne’s World 20th Anniversary
Business Week: Gazprom’s Empire at the End of the Earth
LifeHacker: Grab a Free DVD Rental, Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream, and More Valentine’s Day Freebies Here
Mankiw: The latest from The Standup Economist
Is Christina Aguilera this skinny? No
Keith Hennessey: The ratio of spending cuts to tax increases in the President’s budget
Tax Foundation: “Buffett Rule” Would Cause Marginal Tax Rate of 90%
Neighborhood Effects: Governor O’Malley Ties Taxes to Educational Achievement
UVA: Happy Trails: The Muted Effect of House Retirements (If you think term limits are the answer, maybe a more informed electorate will do)
Sad: Santorum Now Ties Romney Nationally
BusinessWeek: The efficiency paradox (Driving a Prius is wrong and other inconvenient truths)
Politico: Babeu v. Gosar
Wayne Crews: How to Swap the Obama Budget for an Optimistic Economic Growth Agenda
Volokh: Constitutional Right to Moderately Corporally Punish One’s Child
McArdle: Envisioning a Post-Campus America
Neighborhood Effects: What happens when Regulators are biased?
Grantland: What Would the End of Football Look Like?
Ted Williams, the voice of love.
EconTalk: David Owen on the Environment, Unintended Consequences, and The Conundrum
WSJ: Foreign Bribe Case at Avon Presented to Grand Jury (Written by SLU alumni Joe Palazzolo — front page of WSJ this morning!)
THE FIRST SLEW OF ARTICLES FROM BOMBLE MAGAZINE
Metzinger: A man’s guide to pinterest
Buzzfeed: Disturbing reactions to Chris Brown from mostly white girls
Reason: “The Time for Austerity is Not Today” (And By Today, I Also Mean Tomorrow).
Examiner: Privately, President Obama sees recovery 1-2 years off
Reason: How Solar Can Pay Off Debts
CQ: Court Ruling Drives Bid To Alter Tariff Law
Cowen: Should we break up the big banks?
Fosslein: 14 Ways an Economist Says I Love You
MediaBistro: V-Day for Journalists
Rasmussen: Josh Mandel Within Margin of Error in Rasmussen Poll Against OH U.S. Senate Incumbent
Reuters: Facebook “defriending” led to double murder, police say
Reason: America’s Unsung Industrial Might; Or, Take a Half-Bow, Bob Dylan!
BusinessWeek: Paul Krugman vs. the world
Alinskyites vs. Romney (We’re going to see the redux soon)
Gawker: The cover letter with terrifying efficiency
Proof Joe Biden has hair plugs (Sorry, Liz Mascot)
McArdle: Will Inequality Keep Getting Worse?
Cochrane: The Real Trouble With the Birth-Control Mandate
NBC Miami: Judge Orders Florida Man To Take His Wife on a Date at Red Lobster
Fox Business: Google Wallet hacked, again
LitReactor: Improve Your Writing by Avoiding These Twenty Common Grammar Mistakes Almost Everyone Makes
If Gizmodo thinks these glasses are cool (no offense) you shouldn’t wear them. Ever.
AdAge: Chrysler’s Olivier Francois Dishes on Getting Clint Eastwood in the Game
Finally, a meme I can really support
CNN: How close do you live to a nuclear reactor?
Collecting Candy: A History of Big League Chew
LifeHacker: How to promote yourself (without being sleazy)
SenorGif: Public transportation is disgusting
WSJ: Google to Make Home-Entertainment Device
DCist: Emily Got Her Gun
Facebook’s secret paper fetish
MSNBC: US licenses first nuclear reactors since 1978
Plain Dealer: St. Ignatius hockey team completes perfect regular season
Dumbest Postulate I’ve seen lately: “Former Rep. Gabby Giffords could flip Arizona for Obama in presidential race
CafeHayek: When lawmakers dole out pork that benefits them
Facebook: SLU Memes
Special Link: What do you think about the design of my new website idea?
WSJ: Obama seeks deal on birth control
WSJ: Revisiting the auto bailout with Clint
Atlantic Wire: How FB could have saved WaPo
Esquire: Zanesville, Ohio Zoo Escape
Above the Law: How Alcohol Can Help You Network
Fast Horse, Inc: Words Journalists Use That People Never Say
Baseline Scenario: Private Equity and Job Creation
Romer: Do manufacturers need special treatment?
Bloomberg: Jobless Decline Masks Drop in U.S. Labor Force
WSJ: Basketball’s Alumni Loot Index
Reason: “Tim Tebow Law” in Virginia
Samuelson: How much would a “Buffet Tax” raise?
DC: The Buffet Rule Fails the Tax Reform Test
RNC: Not better off
If you live in Alabama, now you can send mobile clowns to peoples’ houses
Inquisitr: Zombie vs. Baby (The similarities are uncanny)
So, this exists and is helpful: IsThereARepublicanDeb
Your (somewhat daily) Krugman rebuttal
WaPo: D.C. workers face firing for unemployment fraud
Politico: Elizabeth MacDonough is Senate’s first female parliamentarian
Scene: Rhymes with ‘Uneasy’
Reuters: U.S. reaches deal to avoid Japan, EU trade sanctions (Trade is a 2-way street)
Roll Call: Lautenberg renames the NY Giants
How quickly the winds change: Obama now loves SuperPacs
NBER Paper: How did the collapse of the Soviet Union affect American mathematics?
JANUARY 26, 2012
Bob Dole: Dole assails Gingrich in plea to conservatives
Newser: Taco Bell for Breakfast
STL P-D: Billikens End Two Streaks
O’Rourke: They Hate Poor People
Reason: 3 Reasons Not To Get Worked Up Over Super PACs
FamousDC: Chef Geoff fights speed cameras
WSJ: The Buffett Ruse
Ann Coulter: RE-ELECT OBAMA: VOTE NEWT!
Abramoff: Don’t drink the Newt Kool Aid
Business Insider: That Was Quick: The Entire Conservative Establishment Has United To Kill Gingrich’s Campaign
WSJ: Your Tax Dollars Not At Work
JANUARY 15, 2012
HotAir: WaPo gives “King of Bain” four Pinocchios
DailyCaller: In Cleveland, new Martin Luther King Jr. recording uncovered
DECEMBER 20, 2011
The College Conservative: My Time at Walmart: Why We Need Serious Welfare Reform
It is disturbing that some people I know with college degrees fell for this
HotAir: Video: “The Dark Knight Rises” trailer
REASON: “The wealthy but uncharitable socialist ceases to be a mystery once you understand relative prices. Voluntary charity is costly to the giver, but voting for charity … is virtually free.” -Bryan Caplan
OCTOBER 23, 2011
Capitol Hill Style: In Search of Greener Grass
FEBRUARY 15, 2011
AlexTimes: Port City Brewing arrives on the craft beer scene
WSJ: Want to boost the economy? Lower corporate tax rates
Politico: Liberals go after Issa
FEBRUARY 14, 2011
Roll Call: A Romance for the Record Books
National Journal: Budgets throughout history
UKTelegraph: Lady golfers unhappy about law to end sex discrimination
SLATE: Green Smoke Screen
Newsweek: Inside the killing machine
Daily Caller: Giffords: Hi, I’m good
The Hill: Flake to seek Kyl’s seat
FEBRUARY 13, 2011
Dinner Table: Tax Credits
Daily Caller: Ann Coulter is flipping and flopping like Mitt Romney
Hot Air: Ron Paul at CPAC
National Journal: House Oversight Committee Subpoenaed for Clemens Documents
Carpe Diem: Exports to China
Cafe Hayek: Buy American?
FEBRUARY 10, 2011
Laffer: Reagonomics, what we learned
HotAir: Selection bias at politifact?
The Atlantic: 10 Industries Where the U.S. No Longer Leads
FEBRUARY 8, 2011
Wired: Verizon iPhone Shows You Can’t Win: Carriers Hold the Cards
Thrillist: Port City Brewery in Alexandria
WSJ: ‘I didn’t raise taxes once’
NYT: Social Scientist Sees Bias Within
Daily Caller: Bristol Palin to release memoir this summer
The Hill: Ditching unwritten rules for freshmen, Paul does it his way
FEBRUARY 7, 2011
TBQ: Freedom, Prosperity, and the future of Egypt
Reason: Food safety — who cares?
WaPo: Why 33 rounds makes sense in a defensive weapon
LEI: Why Are Free Market Economists Skeptical About Stagnation?
TheDC: Your father’s UAW?
Senator Rand Paul: A Modest $500 Billion Proposal
HuffPo: Superbowl ads
WaPo: A Ticket On a Taurus Grows Into Much More
NBCWashington: Smoke on the National Mall
FEBRUARY 5-6, 2011
WSJ: Superbowl One
AskMen: Top 10: Lessons In Manhood From Ronald Reagan
Cleveland.com: Cold truths about Electric Cars’ weather shortcomings
ARLNOW: Business owners face new recycling requirements
Roll Call: J-Lo to watch Superbowl with Obama
AP: Immigration probe of Chipotle widens
HotAir: Understanding the unemployment numbers
FEBRUARY 4, 2011
HotAir: Unemployment rate goes to 9.0%, only 36K jobs added
Daily Caller: A Sneak Peak of Superbowl Commercials
HotAir: How many Senators does it take to write an op-ed?
HotAir: Severability
FEBRUARY 3, 2011
WSJ: The politics of saving ‘Granny’
Forbes: Is Ethanol To Blame For Egypt’s Unrest?
Newsweek: How Economics Saved my Marriage
National Enquirer: Chelsea, Marriage Over
Hammertime: Four Loko -> Ethanol
WSJ: Air Force Tanker Bids Due Friday
FEBRUARY 2, 2011
Neighborhood Effects: CAP Act: Baby Steps Towards Fiscal Responsibility – Tentative and Toothless
ABCNEWS: Man Says Parkinson’s Drug Made Him Addicted to Gambling and Gay Sex
WSJ: Giving Workers a Union Choice
WSJ: A Hollywood Icon Lays Down the Law
Dept. of Never Gets Old: http://www.curtisgotslappedbyawhiteteacher.com/
The Hill: Huntsman 2012?
FEBRUARY 1, 2011
Hot Air: White House “furious”: Huntsman resigns as Obama’s ambassador to China
WaPo: The Jones Act ship law has outlived its usefulness
The Hill: Sen. Kyl demands clarification of START treaty with Russia
Roll Call: Denny Rehberg to Announce Senate Bid Saturday
Walgreens: 50 cent beer
Daily Caller: Rep. Burton’s resolution to encase House gallery in Plexiglass not likely to succeed
Daily Caller: Snooki doesn’t care to schmooze with Schumer
Daily Caller: Coulter: If interstate commerce clause allows health insurance mandate, GOP should mandate guns and a Bible
JANUARY 31, 2011
Instapundit: Idiocy isn’t limited to party
DC: Ice Cream Meme
Daily Caller: CNBC host and crew fired upon by Egyptian military
Cleveland.com: Cavaliers losing streak hits 20; next stop is Miami
Daily Caller: Elijah who?
Politico: Top 10 Most Competitive Senate Races
Daily Caller: Bristol Palin uninvited to speak at Washington University’s ‘Sex Week’
TIME: The Prestige of Patty Flipping: China’s Hamburger University More Exclusive Than Harvard
EXAMINER: The Kochs vs. Soros: Free markets vs. state coercion
JANUARY 30, 2011
Weather.com: 100 Million Potentially Impacted by Next Storm
Politico: Sleepy’s brings pillows to Congress
CLE SCENE: Bernie Kosar Could Work For An NFL Team Not Named The Browns
DelawareOnline: Medical examiner: Homicide victim John Wheeler died of ‘blunt force trauma’
JANUARY 28, 2011
Cafe Hayek: International Trade Is Not Properly Analogized to Sports or to War
Taylor: Stimulus Math: Many Multiples of Nothing is Still Nothing
Friedman: Pencil
OTB: Clinton-Era Policy Kept Jared Loughner Off FBI List
NYT: Corporate tax code proves hard to change
Atlantic: Egyptian Activists’ Action Plan: Translated
Gawker: ‘Happy New Year’ Text Message Accidentally Detonates Suicide Bomber
Roll Call via FamousDC: Perfect Strangers
Irish Central: Amateur divers find 1917 U-Boat wreckage off Cork coast
Daily Caller: To sir with love
Hot Air: Video: The greatest robot movie of all time?
Bloomberg: Book Excerpt: Punching Out: One Year in a Closing Auto Plant
Politico: Millennials take over Hill offices
WSJ: Culprits from Beltway Casting
Politico: Court rules Rahm Emanuel stays on ballot for Chicago mayor
FP: Did Chinese TV pass off Top Gun footage as a military drill?
Roll Call: Changes to Senate Rules Fall Short of Drastic Proposals
JANUARY 27, 2011
WSJ: After you, Mr. Ryan
CNBC: Supermarkets, Inc
Cleveland.com: Public gobbles up details of Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s olive pit lawsuit
STL Beacon: WUBears protest Bristol Palin, get coffee at Kayak’s
MUST READ: Why your dishwasher isn’t working these days
Daily Caller: Mystery author behind Obama novel revealed?
Mint: Market Rate Pricing for Parking?
Griswold: A response to an unemployed economics student
Politico: Ben Quayle wants action, not words
Old Spice Guy is back
WTOP: It looked like a bumper car graveyard
RedState: Obama’s clueless energy policy
Not surprising: University professors reject cuts, push greater spending
HotAir: Jim Moran to Alhurra: Republicans won the midterms because a lot of Americans are racist (my Congressman continues to shame VA-8)
Roll Call: Office Walls Display Rohrabacher’s Adventures
HotAir: Democrat tries to boot Giffords from committee assignment
Politico: Angle for President? Woof.
JANUARY 26, 2011
WSJ: Comparative Advantage and American Jobs
Deadline: Will Ferrell helping Steve Carell’s exit from The Office
TBD: Hey, creep, stop taking pictures of my feet
Gawker: The Facebook Setting You Should Change as Quickly as Possible
TribLive: U.S. Data, then & now
Philadelphia Inquirer: The poor are not getting poorer
CATO: Video response to SOTU
Daily Caller: Bush’s third term continues
NRD: The State of the Union is nothing but political theatre
Reason: We can’t win the future by repeating the past
CS MONITOR: State of the Union shows Obama is now pro-business. He should be pro-growth.
Sauce Mag: Crafting the Future: A new brewery taps into the potential of the local beer scene
Seeking Alpha: Did iPhone Really Add $2 Billion to Trade Deficit With China?
IBD: Uncertainty continues to depress jobs
TribLive: Ask the protectionist
PROJO: At St. Louis, Majerus believes player’s loss can turn into a gain
WaPo: State of the Union
Daily Caller: Taco bell defends its seasoned meat
Russia’s lost space shuttle clone
Nader: The Great Fannie and Freddie Rip Off
JANUARY 25, 2011
FOX: Where’s the beef? Taco Bell Sued.
Cato: Made on Earth: How Global Economic Integration Renders Trade Policy Obsolete
Rasmussen: Voters wary of SOTU Spending Proposals
Cafe Hayek: Dr. Krugman Would Understand What Mr. Krugman Doesn’t
WSJ: How Public Unions Took Taxpayers Hostage
Gawker: Ted Williams checks out of rehab
Coulter: Investigate this!
WSJ: Why I’ll Miss Keith Olbermann
ABC: Man credits video games in car wreck escape
JANUARY 24, 2011
Hot Air: Jim DeMint to join boycott of CPAC by some socially conservative groups
Daily Caller: Leave the economy alone!
Red State: Assigning blame for higher food prices.
The Hill: Former Sen. Allen to seek Webb’s Senate seat next year
ARL NOW: Some people really like elevators
OTB: Is Rep. Giffords In Danger Of Losing Her Seat Due To Being Hospitalized?
Daily Caller: George Will rejects SOTU ‘pep rally’: ‘Every president … tries to stroke every erogenous zone in the electorate’
JANUARY 22-23, 2011
Cleveland Scene: Dennis Kucinich Is Openly Begging For A New District
Politico: Allen to announce Senate bid on Monday
Consumerist: Dunkin’ Donuts: ‘Hey, We Have A 32-Ounce Drink — It’s Called A Large’
STL Today: Chipotle fires hundreds in Minnesota after immigration audit
WSJ: Solar spectacle
STL Today: Illinois tax hike looks even heftier compared to Missouri
JANUARY 21, 2011
Daily Caller: Keeping them honest: Anderson Cooper takes Steve Cohen to the woodshed over Nazis/Goebbels remarks
Reason: Citizens United Turns One Year Old! Are We Better, Worse Off Thanks to It? Was It “Our Dredd Scott”?
Daily Caller: Metro pirates raid train on Washington’s Orange Line
Popular Mechanics: Debunking FEMA Camp myths
Harvard Biz Review: Managing and Motivating Employees in Their Twenties
Reason: “Congress used CBO to get the answer they wanted. I get that. I ran the CBO. They used me too.”
Reason.tv: Video: Whatever happened to the anti-war movement?
WaPo: BofA posts $1.2B loss for qtr
Congress.org: Coffee party finds a cause (it’s a dumb one)
JANUARY 20, 2011
Cafe Hayek: Who’s ‘out competing’ who?
ClotureClub: 2012 Presidential Possibilities
Reason: Unpacking Jared Lee Loughner
Dealb%k: The New Complexity of Financial Resolution
Daily Caller: Senate map shrinks for Democrats in 2012
JANUARY 19, 2011
How weird is this, I agree with Barbara Walters!
G4: Jump City
WSJ: At Citigroup, Bandit’s gone?!?!?
Hot Air: House Dem exemplifies New Tone by comparing GOP to Nazis on House floor
Atlantic: Herman Cain, GOP wild card
USA TODAY: Metro project in DC breaks new ground
Hot Air Video: Robinson wants Obama to explain why regulation creates jobs (do tell!!)
WSJ: How to Freeze the Debt Ceiling Without Risking Default
Hot Air: Michael Moore: Americans love guns because we’re racist, right?
WSJ: The anti-Illinois
Daily Caller: People love Boehner right now
Daily Caller: Anne Hathaway will play Catwoman in ‘The Dark Knight Rises’
Hot Air: House repeals ObamaCare, 245-189
Daily Caller: FCC signs off on Comcast-NBC deal
JANUARY 18, 2011
Slate: McCain reaches out
BOTWT: Palinoia, the Destroyer
Toronto Sun: Rogen stunned by Lucas’ 2012 theory
Gawker: JFK’s Unimpressive Harvard Application
NYT: China’s currency isn’t our problem
Reason: The Doc Fix Dilemma
Bloomberg Business Week: Challenging Bud on its home turf
Weekly Standard: The Times Loses It
Roll Call: Blunt a key player with unique relations
Bloomberg Business Week: Rich Raise Consumer Spending With Little Help From Middle Class
NYT: As banks raise fees, you have options (other banks!)
Daily Caller: Traveling man’s gun arrest appealed to high court
HuffPo: Nic Ramos, University Of Colorado Student, Pays Tuition In $1 Bills
CNN Poll: No change on gun law opinions after Arizona shootings
SportsGrind: Bears fan becomes internet hero
Slate: Beware the Military-Industrial Complex
CafeHayek: An Open Letter to Donald Trump
WSJ: The latest American Export: Inflation
CafeHayek: On Tax Expenditures
WEEKEND OF JANUARY 15-17
Roll Call: Cathy Boozman Seeks to Unite GOP Spouses
ARLNOW: Pike Listserv Erupts Over Rap Music at Cinema Drafthouse
DailyMail(UK): ‘This is my genocide school’: The creepy YouTube video filmed by Arizona gunman as he roamed campus at night
AP: Arizona shooting victim accused of threatening tea party leader
National Review: Welcome to the Machine
The New Republic: The Idealist
Snopes: Chewing gum, does it really take 7 years to move through your system?
Bloomberg Businessweek: Glock: America’s Gun
Politico: Giffords’ condition upgraded
Politico: Candor, contrition in Issa profile (he’s from Cleveland)
JANUARY 14, 2011
ActionNews5: MCS Board working to deal with pregnancies at Frayser High School
TBD: Black Squirrel co-owner ‘mortified’ over boycott
Bloomberg Business Week: Glock, America’s gun
Mint: The economics of pizza
Chicago Tribune: Billboard smells like steak
Roll Call: TX Lt. Gov in running for KBH’s seat
ESPN: What are you, a Russian Spy or something?
The Hill: Junior Senate Dems want chairmen to face secret ballot election (but union elections? Nope. Not secret.)
Politico: Will RomneyCare sink Mitt?
CafeHayek: Trade deficit horsey
JANUARY 13, 2011
WSJ: Hey, you wanna buy some AIG?
Krugman: Big lies and little ones
Perry: Federal Tax Revenues Rising: 23% for Individuals
Sabato: Making sense of Tucson
Kraft: A behind the scenes look @ the Ted Williams Kraft Commercial
Laffer: A price for raising the debt ceiling
Politico: Obama speech undercuts federal charge for judge’s murder
The Hill: Gun control advocates disappointed by White House Silence
Slate: Why do boys like sticks?
Fortune: Why the Bush tax cuts overpromised and underdelivered
Politico: NFL, Union find reluctant Congress
NJ: Udall calls for mixed seating at SOTU
JANUARY 12, 2011
WSJ: Postings of a troubled mind
e21: WHY PUBLIC SECTOR UNION COMPENSATION MATTERS
ZeroHedge: More Clues Of China Real Estate Bubble: Ghost Malls (Is the DiBartolo Group in China?)
BTG: LeBron James, On Night Cavs Lose By 55, Gloats Via Twitter
Fox News: Ill. governor weighs bill to abolish death penalty
Onion Sports Network: St. Louis gives Pujols working key to the city
HoH: Fmr. Sen. Dorgan is writing an “eco-thriller” Oh. My. God.
WSJ: The Jared Loughner Problem | Raise my company’s taxes
Trade: 3 Elections. 3 Anti-Trade Attacks. 3 similar results
The Nuge: Be prepared for Evil
STLToday: SLU Alumni gives birth to child at 11:11 on 1/11/11
NJ: Democrats Could Gain From Arizona Growth
FNC: Congressional Aides: Obscure. But on the front lines
BURGER KING tries to make the bomble burger
WS: Too soon? Senator fund raises off of Arizona Murders
JANUARY 11, 2011
Ted William’s first commercial
TSG: Meet The Felon With The Golden Voice
RCP: Mandel, Taylor, possible Senate candidates in Ohio
George Will: The charlatans’ response to the Tucson tragedy
Cleveland.com: Meth ingredient tracking system creates new kind of criminal
MITNews: Tracing families’ escape from poverty
NYT: Fed’s Crisis Investments Are Showing Big Returns
NYT: Is Law School a Losing Game?
JANUARY 10, 2011
Bomble.com Photo Archive: Pictures from the Moment of Silence for AZ-8
AP: Shooting suspect’s nihilism rose with isolation
CNN Money: How to slay new checking account fees
AZ Republic: Daniel Hernandez, intern, stays by Gabrielle Giffords’ side
Slate: Which country has the simplest taxation system?
Daily Caller: The unintended consequences of banning horse-slaughter
Screen Crave: Ivan Reitman Has Sent Ghostbusters 3 Script to Bill Murray
CafeHayek: Scientism
Icanhascheezburger?: DC Social on Jan 13. Get your meme on.
JANUARY 7, 2011
HotAir Video: The man with the golden voice opens “The Today Show”
CarmiTimes: Illinois’ income tax is going up
HotAir Video: Man with golden voice reunites with mom after 20 years
NationalJournal: Study Claims Work Visa Fees Violate Trade Agreement
FoxNews: Four Loko Being Turned Into Auto Fuel (But will they claim tax credits for blending?)
Wall Street Journal: The New Party of No
Daily Caller: John Edwards proposes to mistress Rielle Hunter three weeks after ex-wife Elizabeth’s death
AP FACT CHECK: Mass bird, fish deaths occur regularly
