Damek.

I’m so tired of hearing that social security is in peril and we must reform it or else you’ll be living on the street when you retire and foaming, stray dogs will run away from you and dirty, loinclothed children will laugh at you and tiny, sweaty clowns with thick whiskers in strange places will [...]

The environmental movement has been a failure, by almost any planetary measurement. WorldChanging has a brilliant short essay about what needs to happen. People need to understand that a green future means prosperity, security, progress, better health, and more and better sex — er, luxury. What’s one thing you can do?
…drop the [...]

Ahh, Modest Mouse. Where was I when you released this album back in April? Well, I’ve caught up and fallen in love with it. It deserves to become a classic. I mentioned it before, but it deserves a full endorsement.
It’s a nice blend of ’90s “alternative” music with punk and [...]

From Atrios:
Reason editor Nick Gillespie recently wrote about how, surprise, he sorta doesn’t like all the places which top Forbes magazine’s “US Freedom index” which is simply a bunch of low tax places. Gillespie realizes that maybe there are more important things to worry about than taxes and regulations, and, well, hey, he likes New [...]

Do not read this, it will depress you. But if you do, don’t stop just because the first few paragraphs reference Good Will Hunting, it’s not about that.