VIRGINIA POSTREL WONDERS why nobody — even “Tennessee-based InstaPundit” — noticed the Memphis blackout. Beats me. I noticed it — when I changed planes on the way back from vacation, the pilot noted that parts of Memphis were blacked out — but I thought it was a short-term thing and didn’t realize how bad it had been. (Of course, Memphis is only about 50 miles closer to me than it is to chez Postrel; Tennessee is a big state). But I don’t know why it got so little attention. Here’s an oped about that, which Virginia points out.