Two quick notes.
1. Aaron has a link to an outstanding article that appeared in the New Yorker. Now, I have found that Aaron and I read some of the same material from time to time but I have to agree with him that this is a must read for anyone thinking about a light truck or SUV... or hell, required reading for everyone.
The crux of the article is that SUVs offer an illusion of safety and their main failing is that they have a hard time avoiding accidents to begin with. My favorite part of the article is the author test-driving a Porsche Boxster and a Chevrolet Trailblazer. The slalom was the telling factor in the test-drive but the statistics on which vehicle gets in more accidents backed it up. Very interesting.
2. Dissent Magazine is celebrating their 50th anniversary. This is a socialist magazine... a socialist magazine that was started in 1954. A socialist magazine that survived the 50's, survived the Nixon years, the Reagan years, and somehow is surviving W's McCarthy-era-like witch hunt. Amazing.
Isn't it odd that so many commercial publications could probably learn a great deal about running their businesses from a socialist magazine? Cool.
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