Hurricanes: The problem is people building and living too close to the coast. Duh. NYT At Maggie's Farm, we oppose any new Federally-subsidized flood insurance. It's stupid: we subsidize people to live in flood zones, then have to pay to rescue them from floods and hurricanes and to rebuild in the same place. Only govt could be that dumb. But it's not their money, is it?
Could be some truth to this, from piece in The Guardian:
Another Hizbullah leader hinted that the group had not expected such a ferocious response from Israel, as previous border incidents have usually played out in low-key fashion.
The more I think about it, the more I suspect that they wanted to create a little border scuffle as a diversion from Iran, and did not count on a strong reaction from an Israel who was feeling cornered and beseiged - and fed up with the fact that, with every concession, their enemies just move closer.
I'll sign it, but. The debate about "signing statments." Opinion in the NY Sun
No free lunch. Either permit drilling, or pay more for Arab and Venezuelan gas, and quit complaining. Wyoming protests new drilling on federal lands.
Africa. The failure of the Doha Round means a dead end has been reached, for now. Publius. Africa needs agricultural markets, but the world doesn't want them to have them.
Biodiesel in Europe.
Bill Quick has some reasons to be, well, disappointed in Bush. So does Lee.
Illegals get better deals with state colleges than Americans. No wonder they come. Can my kids do the same at the University of Guadalajara?
