Maggie's Farm

It is amusing for me to see all of the punditry humbled by NH. It is a strange primary, though, in which Independents can vote. What sense does that make? Isn't it the job of a party to select its own candidates?

The history of the banana.

More guns and less crime in Michigan.

The death of high-fidelity sound. Rolling Stone. One quote there from Bob:

Last year, Bob Dylan told Rolling Stone that modern albums "have sound all over them. There's no definition of nothing, no vocal, no nothing, just like — static."

And speaking of real rock by older gents, try this.

Illegals in Boston are deporting themselves.

Daniel Pipes reviews Liberal Fascism in Frontpage

LaShawn loved the movie Day Zero

The warming catastophe all theoretically comes from feedback. What's the feedback?

Prof Deneen considers the nanny state and Libertarianism. One quote:

Living long lives becomes the sine qua non of modern liberal polities. "Morals" legislation becomes impermissible in favor of legislation that prevents actions that would shorten our lives. While initially a ban on harm committed by some against the physical well being of others, the logic of self-preservation and the avoidance of physical harm ultimately extends to preventing the ignorant from harming themselves. Paternalistic laws forcing people to be healthy are a logical outcome of a certain life-obsessed libertarianism.