Less than 3 days. Amp it up.

Greed

Give me liberty...

"All political theories assume, of course, that most individuals are very ignorant. Those who plead for liberty differ from the rest in that they include among the ignorant themselves..."

-Hayek

What is poor?

Obama wants to redefine poverty as a relative measure, i.e., you are poor if other people are rich, not if you can't afford to eat. Good article from Samuelson in the post here, with a good addition in a letter to the editor here.

I did not realize that such a large proportion of the increase in the poor is made up of poor hispanics.

Maybe I'm not so crazy after all

Great article on psychiatry from the New Yorker. At least I think it is great. Then again, it may be the only article I've read on psychiatry so it is #1 of 1. I find it most interesting how psychiatric conditions are added or taken away by political lobbying. I wish someone would also lobby for ALS to no longer exist.