Statesmen into stockbrokers

David Brooks, conservative columnist for the New York Times, gives his diagnosis of the current iteration of the GOP; crass horse-trading in place of governance.



The full debate "How Much Government is Good Government?" at the conservative think tank American Enterprise Institute (AEI), between Mr. Brooks and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) is a must watch.  Click here to check it out.

The morality of prostitution?

In my first real crossing the line, economist Tyler Cowen makes the case.



Hat tip to Andrew Sullivan's The Daily Dish and Dan Savage's blog for the link.