Robert's Stochastic thoughts

Glenns Confused About Evolution GleNn Greenwald is rightly appalled by the other Glenn. His post is brilliant as always. However, both Gl...

Oxymoron of the Day Dafna Linzer of the Washington Post writes "for three years, the Iranians have operated an embedding program there...

It's official, Bush is insane. The Washington Post reports that President Bush has authorized a shoot on site policy for Iranian agents ...

Zasloff is too kind to Kling and Bush Jonathan Zasloff writes Arnold Kling of the Cato Institute, who has given President Bush's allege...

A Darker Shade of Graymail "They're trying to set me up. They want me to be the sacrificial lamb," [Theodore] Wells [one of L...

"Jose Padilla [snip] believes the government is persecuting him, "but this does not appear to be delusional," wrote one of do...

When is a Writ not a Right Can't we just compromise and call it a write ?

Still desparately trying to get Paul Krugman to notice me I hearby sink to proposing a real business cycle model I can't defend Hayek, b...

John Dingell (D-Pharma) wins the race to sell out. Robert Reich and Greg Mankiw agree that his bill is a sick joke at the expense of the US...

I'm actually writing about Economics ! Paul Krugman says that Brad DeLong is being too hard on Franklin Roosevelt here The key passage (...

Shopping in Dulles Airport. Dulles IAD is one of the airports where 9/11 highjackers boarded planes. Just when you enter terminal C there i...

Reyes' Syndrome According to Josh Marshal This is a key quote out of Sen. McCain's remarks this afternoon at AEI. [snip] Si...

family portmantomes Thomas Waldmann like Mark Kleiman came up with Moby Dick and Jane Carol Waldmann considers the Hollywood curse of the zo...

Speaking of Cloned Food Would you eat cloned plants ?

People in Glass Houses Former Secretary of Education William Bennett rights of Gerald Ford "If he felt so strongly about his words havi...

Burying the Lede The New York Times reports "U.S. Says Captured Iranians Can Be Linked to Attacks" Down in paragraphs 16 and 17 SA...

What's with Paramus ? The city with more parking places than people. Brad writes about it and I get a visit from it from sitemeter. 24...

Tweety Blew It Watching MSNBC Tweety is interviewing Edwards. Edwards is doing very well demonstrating that he knows the name of the head o...

More Portmantomes Tender is the Night of the Living Dead (by Elisabetta Addis) Tropic of Cancer Ward Babe the Gallant Pygmalion the Witch an...

Blast from the Past I have been reading Jonathan Chait op eds. Generally very good, but the man is shameless about the monster error of his...