Looks like there are several nice blog posts out there covering this, but Captain's Quarters has a nice pair of posts. The most recent of which is this one.

It never ceases to amaze me how gullible voters can be. You spew a few buzz words associated with a particular ideology or policy position (free markets, free trade, balanced budget) and far too many people stand at attention. Sad, really...think of how much of your time and energy Ron Paul has wasted. Think of the resources he has acquired and used over the last three decades--that can't possibly have been an efficient allocation, can it? It looks increasingly like he is not the kind of guy who is unafraid to tell us the TRUTH. He did give us clues though. As discussed in Will's last post about Paul, anyone making statements like: "The CFR exists," is not speaking the plain truth.

No doubt it is all shits-and-giggles for some, at one the nation's top Universities, as a student from MIT walked into Logan airport with a circuit board strapped to her back. But hey, it's just like a frickin britelite, and she thought it was art and stuff, so what is the big deal, man.

In other news, two reports from half a world away. Rest in peace, 1LT Travis Manion, and Sgt. Eddie Jeffers.

When I first read this article, I thought I had been mistakenly directed to the Onion. But no, there it was in black and white. This brings new meaning to the phrase "scheduling conflict".

There is more interesting news from Anbar Province. The Fourth Rail has a summary, or you can read the entire piece reported in the Christian Science Monitor here.

This slipped by me last week, but Professor Dan McFadden had some positive things to say about Part D (for its proponents, anyway). I have yet to read his analyses, but plan to now when time permits.

To quote a quote from Greg Mankiw’s blog:

“…but I think it is reasonable to say that the Part D market has performed as well as its partisans hoped, and far better than its detractors expected.” -McFadden