Why so many corruption scandals coming out of NY lately? - Bloggingheads.tv (Megan McArdle & Mark Schmitt)
Some really interesting pics of the pistols he's built over the years.
A New Atheist with some big balls - Slate (Christopher Hitchens)
What makes Hitchens stand out is the way that he takes on Islam head-on rather than the rest of that ilk that takes potshots only at Christianity (which is largely a spent force in the world) and gives Judaism, Buddhism and the rest of the world's religions a pass.
This guy has been sentenced to death three separate times and has been convicted of killing four people. And California will never execute him. He's been languishing on death-row since the 80's. Just sentence him to life without parole and be done with him.
90 % of NYC nannies paid off the books. - NY Post
What a surprise. The rich folks don't want to bother with the taxes and paperwork involved and the nannies are left with a low wage job, but with no taxes taken out so they keep it all.
