- Death Is a Lonely Business: My Memory of Ray Bradbury, by Roger L Simon. I met the sci-fi master a few times over the years, but my first encounter was the most memorable. (Read more on Bradbury from Michael Ledeen here.)
- A Flock of Flunkies, by Richard Fernandez. All the Narcissist’s Yes-Men. (And don’t miss Ed Driscoll on Obama, Vanity Fair, and Vogue: ‘He Doesn’t Need People.’)
- Calling a Truce in El Salvador, by Jaime Daremblum. A fragile gang peace has led to a rapid decline in violence. But is it sustainable? (This article is available in Spanish here.)
- California’s Broken Parole and Probation System, by Jack Dunphy. Come and see the ineffectiveness inherent in the system.
- Making Reporters Use Government Equipment to Write About Jobs Numbers? By Bridget Johnson. The unilateral, unprecedented move by the Labor Department with this politically critical data has First Amendment proponents up in arms.
- Wisconsin and California Show that Local Taxes are a Political Death Trap, by David P. Goldman. State and local governments are standing on the sore toe of the American middle class — the housing market. And it’s much worse than under the Carter administration. (Goldman’s article was read by Rush Limbaugh on Wednesday.)
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