In this month's Wilson Quarterly, you can read Tom Vanderbilt's delightful story about a Dutch traffic engineer who made a town safer by making the people feel unsafe. In the last few years, however, one traffic engineer did achieve a measure of global celebrity, known, if not exactly by name, then…
Quote of the day: "There are no Libertarians in recessions." This quote accompanies a terrific article.
Sarah Palin has already been caught telling some huge lies. So many lies, in fact, that everything that comes out of her mouth should be presumed to be a lie unless proved otherwise. Truly. Amy Goodman of DemocracyNow.org has reported on another HUGE lie out of the lips of Palin. …
Why isn't Senator Barack Obama way ahead of John McCain in the polls? Why is this race so tight? Bob Cesca has an idea: Hmm. I can't imagine why that is. It's not like Senator Obama's patriotism and character is being assassinated for three hours every morning on cable news…
What is Barack Obama's plan? He's got it boiled down to two-minutes, in this spot which he is now running. Compare and contrast Obama's plan to McCain's repeated statement that the fundamentals of the American economy are strong: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWMVW_82dQ8&eurl=http://www.crooksandliars.com/[/youtube] I wonder if McCain is relying on the fake economic data…