Archive for September 10th, 2007
If you aren’t watching the season finale of The Closer, the best written show on television right now, you’re not doing things right. Or you’re in some wonky time zone. See WoPSR.net Official Time for information on time zones.
Every good pragmatist knows that one of the absolutely essential functions of government is to own, operate, and maintain public roads. Several arguments I have heard advanced in favor of publicly-owned roads include: Uniform standards; Unrestricted access; Cost-free access; Universal access to an essential resource; Safety; Efficient allocation of scarce resources; Availability of eminent domain power to efficiently locate major roadways; And of course the vague but ever popular, “that’s what governments are for!” And every good economist knows that all of this is bunk. But is there something more nefarious in the institution of the public road? Consider cable television. [ . . . ]
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Q: What’s spineless, blue, slow-moving, and leaves a layer of slime on everything it touches? A: [Link]
Alex Trebek asks a contestant, who boasts that she has slept in a hotel room floating on the Kwai river in Thailand, whether the original bridge (of cinema fame) is still there.
