Things I'm Thinking About

LiveScience: Long-Sought 'God Particle' Cornered, Scientists Say -- Really fascinating stuff. Quantum physics is such a beautiful thing; I wish I better understood it.

Foreign Policy: Let Britain join NAFTA -- The ever insightful Prestowitz.

Wired: New Armed Stealth Drone Heads to Afghanistan (And Maybe Iran, Too) -- Sometimes, I wonder why I send articles to J. I often think he already has knowledge of the things I email him...not that he'd ever tell me.

The Economist: Honduras shrugged: Two start-ups want to try out libertarian ideas in the country’s new special development regions -- A real-life Randian experiment. I'll be interested to see how this one pans out.

New York Magazine: 64 Minutes With Niall Ferguson -- My (former) dissertation adviser, making waves as usual.

NPR Music: 50 Favorite Albums of 2011 -- Ashton Shepherd's Where Country Grows was one of my favorites; also, the Kanye/Jay-Z collaboration, Beirut, Bon Iver, and Wilco. But why do all the critics seem to love James Blake and Bright Eyes?

The Wall Street Journal: Why Do Lawyers Get Depressed? -- I'm pretty this question was answered a long time ago.