Cue “I Got You Babe,” because it looks like the Iraq–Al Qaeda “connection” argument is getting a second act. Yglesias mentioned this weekend that it seemed as though some memo had gone out announcing it was time to revive the claim that Osama and Saddam were BFF, and sure enough, next time I check Instapundit, […]

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(1) Why is Dressy Bessy still playing the backstage at Black Cat when they’re transparently better than 90–95 percent of the bands that play the main stage? (2) Why am I posting about this publicly and increasing (well, by some incredibly tiny margin) the chances it’ll be horrifically crowded or sell out?

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Since I think everyone at Hit and Run is all Keloed out, figure I’ll post this here: My understanding of the way rent control laws work, at least in some cities, is that older buildings will be price-capped at lower rates tied to some function of their monthly rent in the past, while newer buildings […]

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The residual philosophy undergrad in me had a minor fit of Ed Sullivan Show–style giddiness at the observation that Tim Scanlon popped up in the comments to my post on happiness (in response to Brad DeLong) below. He made essentially the same point earlier at DeLong’s site, and Will’s obligingly extracted it from the thread […]

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