Newmark's Door

"Russell's House"

Bill Simmons talks with the great Bill Russell. (49-minute YouTube.)

Four clips from the funny Ron White

"California Cops".

"Deer Hunting".

" I Got Thrown Out of a Bar" (Includes offensive, very non-PC language.)

At that point, I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have ability.

And finally, ending with a huge laugh from the crowd: "You Can't Fix Stupid".

 

"Why do old people hate new music?"

There may well be some truth in the explanations proffered here. But personally, I just think it's because today's music is simply, objectively mostly worse.

(Another explanation not offered in the piece: when people get nostalgic for the music of their youth, they usually remember the best music from that time and forget there was a whole lot of crap then, too.)

"Why Watching ‘Meatballs’ Will Help You Have a Happier, Saner Summer"

A great movie--featuring peak Bill Murray--despite this: ". . . it’s almost impossible to explain what it’s about".

"The original patent from 1891 for a toilet paper roll shows the correct rolling direction, in case you've ever doubted"

Assuming this is on the up-and-up--I wouldn't have thought a toilet paper roll could be patented--this seems to settle one of the great debates--over or under?--of our time.

"The Twelve Principles [for finding lost objects]"

Possibly helpful. (I haven't tried them yet and I hope I don't need to.)

"The Rolls-Royce Ghost was so eerily quiet inside the engineers had to make it louder"

Difficult to believe. It must have been really quiet.

"Resetting the Hype Around the Vagus Nerve"

Article argues for "healthy skepticism" about hype for the vagus nerve. Good. That's stuff I don't have read now.

"How to build a wormhole in just 3 (nearly impossible) steps"

Too bad it's (nearly) impossible.

"I drove Ford’s F-150 Lightning. The revolutionary electric truck’s biggest superpower is how normal it feels."

One of lots of very favorable reviews of the new electric F-150.

"Amazon Is Trying to Become Your Favorite Grocery Store with These Major Changes"

It's taking them a while, but I certainly wouldn't sell Amazon's grocery efforts short.

"This mom surprised her daughter and boyfriend with her return home from Kuwait."

Awww . . . (I am a complete sucker for these coming-home clips.)

"Should We Stop Pushing Statins?"

Good question. Interesting answer.

"Let’s Work Together to Challenge the Selective Double Standard for the Enforcement of Title VI and Title IX in Higher Education"

Mark Perry:

Higher education has a major civil rights problem, and it’s so widespread that it’s nothing short of systemic and structural. The discrimination on the basis of sex and race that takes place on almost every college campus in America is not only illegal according to federal civil rights laws, but it’s highly unethical, unprincipled, and corrupt. It’s been going on for decades, but the violations of Title IX’s prohibition of sex discrimination and Title VI’s prohibition of discrimination on the basis of race, color and national origin have increased in recent years, despite the ongoing efforts of myself and others to challenge the systemic sexism and racism that exists in higher education today

"The Last of Lehman Brothers"

I was surprised to learn that Lehman's bankruptcy--which was the spark that ignited the Great Recession--is still not yet wrapped up about 14 years later.

"Skills Shocks: The New Normal"

Like the oil shocks of the 70s.

"A Web Renaissance"

I hope Anil Dash is right. (But I wouldn't bet on it.)

"Perfectly Nice Policies, With Less-Nice Side Effects"

Known to me, and others, as the Law of Unintended Consequences.

"Milton Friedman Isn't Running the Show Anymore"

Ed Driscoll at Instapundit collects some links that highlight 1) the utter incoherence of the administration's energy policy (see also Michael Shellenberger, "Why Biden's Attacks On Energy Are 'Absolutely Insane'"), and 2) the dopiness of this post's title statement. 

Note that 17 Nobel Laureates in Economics didn't cover themselves in glory either.

Because this agenda invests in long-term economic capacity and will enhance the ability of more Americans to participate productively in the economy, it will ease longer-term inflationary pressures.

Pro tips: 1) as noted here before, always give the points and bet on Big Al [Einstein] and 2) ditto for Uncle Miltie.

 

"White Paper for Network-Based Higher Ed, . . . An attempt to displace the Ivy League"

As he almost always is, Arnold Kling is interesting. What he proposes sounds almost impossible to me, but a lot of great ideas start out sounding that way.

"Is America Encouraging the Wrong Kind of Entrepreneurship?"

A brief application of an excellent--and well-cited (over 8000 cites according to Google)--article by William Baumol, "Entrepreneurship: Productive, Unproductive, and Destructive".

"How conservatives will make America affordable again"

Nikki Haley presents her ideas. If she could walk the walk as well as she talks the talk--call me cynical, but I doubt it--I'd vote for her.

"The Medicare and Social Security disaster that Washington is doing nothing to fix"

Kinda surprising to me the Washington Post editorial board would run this.

See also "As our entitlements crisis gets closer, a solution moved farther away," "Social Security Is Running Toward Insolvency" "Social Security shortfall: Limiting benefits based on need could fix it. But is it fair?" and "As Congress Dithers, Social Security and Medicare Inch Closer to Insolvency".

"Conservatives Should Be Careful Not to Overpraise Elon Musk"

I certainly agree with this. Listen to what he has said and look at what he has done. For some examples of relevant criticisms, see the following:

"Elon Musk Promises Full Self-Driving 'Next Year' For The Ninth Year In A Row".

"VIRAL VIDEO exposes ELON MUSK is just a FRAUD".

"When I First Saw Elon Musk for Who He Really Is".

"New Tesla Fires Keep Popping Up: They Are Now Six in a Matter of Days".

"Lawsuit: Tesla's Door Handles Blamed for Broward Doctor's Death".

"Tesla Autopilot Safety Stats Said Imbued With Statistical Fallacies, Interpret Cautiously".

"Why Elon Musk’s Hyperloop won’t work for humans".

"Divine Comedy: 25 Best Stand-Up Specials and Movies"

I've seen most of these. While I never found George Carlin funny and the entry for Robin Williams is not his best, this is an excellent list.

"9 Times Divock Origi SHOCKED The World !"

Evidence that Divock is pretty good.