Where is the money coming from, exactly?

Dr. Greg Mankiw of that conservative thinktank that is the Harvard economics department. He has a neat little piece today outlining why we're seeing a retreat from reason in this country (and proving d'Toqueville right).

Here.

Great site for iPad users

I just found a terrific site for iPad users who want to learn about annotating research and writing, etc. on the iPad.  http://academicipad.stevendkrause.com/

I'll never advocate the iPad as a writing tool (typing tool) but it's the ultimate organizing tool.  And as I've mentioned before, iAnnotate makes it the ultimate research tool.  Dr. Krause seems to "get it" with most things iPad.

Plus, you gotta admire someone who wrote their dissertation on a PowerBook 100.

Hard to believe: Congress was/is on the take! Countrywide paid off Congresscritters

There are several good articles about this one out there today, but the correction at the top of USA Today's page was priceless. Here.

Turns out Congressional types (staffers included) were on the take from Countrywide Financial for years and years and years.  Turns out Fannie was in the middle of it.  Faithful readers of this space won't be shocked.

CIO article on job-hunting tips

This article is for IT types, but most of this stuff applies to all of us.

Take a look here.