Lynne Kiesling Russ Roberts has an absolutely wonderful essay at Caf? Hayek. Russ uses a recent FedEx transaction, and how sure he was that his package would arrive unmolested and on time, as a starting point: My lack of worry at FedEx is different. It can’t be trust. There are too many people touching my …
Lynne Kiesling A bill pending in the Texas Senate would open up the market for broadband over power lines in the state, according to this Ft. Worth Star Telegram article from Monday. Note in this excerpt that the issue of who pays for the service and why they pay for it is present, as it …
Lynne Kiesling I’m glad that Eugene Volokh is so intrigued by extreme ironing, and it tickles me because the KP Spouse bought the Extreme Ironing 2005 Wall Calendar before Christmas. It’s a riot! Sadly for me, he took it to work.
Lynne Kiesling Randall Parker at FuturePundit has a post about using nanoscale silica to release hydrogen from ammonia borane, and how that technology could lead to more feasible hydrogen storage for vehicles and other uses. This interesting finding is a result of research at Pacific Northwest National Lab.
Lynne Kiesling Upper Class Twit of the Year. I can’t believe I forgot that in my list. Dang. Shooting tied-down game, taking the bras off of debutantes, waking the neighbors by slamming the door of your XKE Jag. Actually, UCTotY is in a class by itself.
Lynne Kiesling An offer for all students and recent graduates: The Institute for Humane Studies offers fantastic and free week-long seminars during the summer. Topics range from Environment & Society to Liberty, Art & Culture. I strongly encourage you to attend if you are looking for a week of brain candy, with great lectures, conversations …
Lynne Kiesling Today’s word from A Word A Day is one of my favorites: execrable (EK-si-kruh-buhl) adjective Detestable; wretched. [From Middle English, from Latin execrabilis (accursed), from execrari (to curse), from ex- + sacrare (to consecrate). Ultimately from Indo-European root sak- (to sanctify) that is also the source of other words such as saint, consecrate, …
Lynne Kiesling Russ Roberts was just on NPR with Barry Schwartz, the “choice is debilitating” Swarthmore psychologist. In his gentle, intellectual, nonconfrontational way, Russ spanked him. Russ’s arguments were a powerful combination of focus on the positive and focus on the core, essential point: individuals should always ask themselves “who gets to choose for me?” …
Lynne Kiesling Many thanks to Tyler Cowen for pointing out this Entertainment Weekly list of top-20 Monty Python skits. I agree that the Argument Clinic belongs a lot higher than #20; it’s easily in my top 5. I don’t think the Kilimanjaro skit deserves to be in the top 20. And as a little nit …
Lynne Kiesling Through Fey Accompli I found Peridot Capital, who had a post yesterday on fuel costs that hits some of the same themes as I mentioned earlier this morning. Amazingly, American Airlines has hedged only 15% of its fuel costs for the first quarter of 2005. With oil futures hitting a record $57 per …
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