Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Weblog

Last sold in 2007 for a mere $500k too
Ex-Michigan football coach Rich Rodriguez puts house up for sale (Cindy Heflin, annarbor.com)
Asking price: $1.9 million.

Mother Jones writer arranges for her own beating and rape (Mac McClelland, GoodMedia.com)
Not because she's kinky but for therapeutic purposes.

The pernicious "perp walk" (Gene Healy, reason.com/)
"The 'perp walk'—in which suspects are ritually displayed to the media, trussed up like a hunter’s kill—has become common practice among prosecutors. But it’s a practice any country devoted to the rule of law should reject."

How Apple controls the component market (CNN Money)
Big money and strict contractual agreements. The usual stuff of monopoly capitalism. But an interesting read nonetheless.