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Glenn Reynolds

Economy bad! Change good!

I'm absolutely fascinated by the conflation that is going on. Now that McCain (who has barely mentioned Bill Ayers until very recently) has decided to finally say something about Obama's unrepentant terrorist buddy, he's being...

It's Not Like They're Out Cutting Brake Lines

Glenn Reynolds; So we've had nearly 8 years of lefty assassination fantasies about George W. Bush, and Bill Ayers' bombing campaign is explained away as a consequence of him having just felt so strongly about social justice,...

Human Editors vs Algorithms vs The Power of Collaboration

The power of the link Read any of the online versions of newspapers that I do, and you will note that a lot of them suggest other articles. For the most part, these suggestions are being created by computer algorithms....

Will Algorithms Make Human Editors Obselete? Not If Journalists Collaborate

Will algorithms replace human editors on the web? It's a bogeyman question on one level, but ask any news site about the percentage of traffic they get from search engines -- and what the trend looks like -- and you'll realize...

The Town-Hall Debate Liveblogging Thread

I’m starting to think that the entire election is riding on tonight’s debate. I know how that reads, but if John McCain turns in a mediocre performance, doesn’t substantially address the mortgage crisis and explain just who was...

"No One Does That"

I got a call yesterday from Steven Gray, a reporter for Time magazine who was in town today doing an article on student voter registration. He left a message on my voice mail asking for ten minutes of my time. I didn't get back...

I'm not sure I'm live blogging (and I'm not sure this is a debate)

While this really can't be called live-blogging the debate (or the Town Hall meeting), I thought I'd weigh in with a few thoughts while watching it. I have been watching Barack Obama mischaracterize the economic problem as...

Programing Note/Bedtime Story

Thanks to the magic of scheduled posting, I’m writing this Oh-Dark-Thirty blog before passing out, basking in the afterglow of the big town hall debate. And when I say, “basking in the afterglow,” I mean, “still cringing at the...

Some things are worse than terrorism

If this doesn't make Barack Obama lose the endorsement of the Humane Society of the United States, I don't know what will:Senator Barack Obama, recently taking more criticism for his associations with unrepentant terrorist...

Crunchy or Soggy? [Bandits No More]

Site/blog: Bandits No More Article: Glenn Reynolds makes this observation about the call for greater regulation in financial markets: There is an argument, instead, for crunchy systems where problems are immediately obvious,...

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