Jim Manzi, writing on what the stimulus bill could see us living with for a long time: I tried to go quickly through the spending for all categories and crudely map them to the OECD classification system that allows for the comparison of spending across governments in the developed world. The huge categories of spending… Continue reading

Book NotesIn the London Tablet, Ernan McMullin reviews Denis Alexander’s new book, Evolution or Creation: Do We Have to Choose?

Meanwhile, back in Taxachusetts, the Hackarama is alive and well.

I like Safire’s take on Obama’s inaugural speech, but they’re all worth reading.

Why Bill Vallicella is one of my favorite philosophers: As Aquinas says somewhere, not even God can restore a virgin. Read the whole post along with his comments.