Archive for 2008

DOUG FEITH: India Is a Key Ally in the War on Terror.

Barack Obama, by the way, would be well-advised to take a break from reading books about FDR and read Feith’s War and Decision. Now that the politicking is over, that book will likely get more attention, and it deserves it. Our podcast interview with Feith is here.

Grand Cayman, BWI.

Grand Cayman, BWI. Bob McManus wrote asking for a picture of an “offshore tax haven.” That would be the whole island, I think, but most of that kind of thing goes on in these fairly unremarkable buildings in downtown Georgetown.

UPDATE: Dan Mitchell on why tax havens are good for the global economy. More here and here. (Via, er, Dan Mitchell, who also has a book on tax competition and why it’s good.)

Grand Cayman, BWI.

Grand Cayman, BWI.

BUSH HATRED on the wane?

REIMAGINING THE AMC GREMLIN for the 21st Century. Er, but why?

AS A KID I’D LOVE TO GET THIS TRUCK. As a parent, I’d never forgive anyone who gave a toy this noisy to my kid . . . .

MAKING BIODIESEL from spent coffee grounds. It wakes you up — and it gets you going! Is there anything coffee can’t do?

SO I’M IN THE AIRPORT AT GRAND CAYMAN, where there’s free wi-fi, and Delta has mysteriously lost our seat assignments despite confirming them the night before we left. Jeez.

Grand Cayman, BWI.

My Bar, Grand Cayman. Shot handheld with the Panasonic LX3.