UNDER ATTACK

I apologize if you couldn’t get through to the site today, or if it was really slow. Our Internet service company told us this evening that we were subject to a “Denial of Service” attack. What that means is that someone somewhere over-loaded our server with multiple simultaneous requests, shutting down the system. I’m told this couldn’t happen by accident or heavy traffic. I consider it a compliment.

KRUGMAN’S OPINION: Several of you noticed that Paul Krugman’s initial response to the postings on this site about his Enron $50,000 sinecure was subsequently changed. He first said that this site was “too vile to read.” Then he amended it to say that it was “too mean-spirited to read.” I prefer “vile.”

MEDIA BIAS WATCH: “The implications of “Anarchy, State, and Utopia” are strongly libertarian and proved comforting to the right, which was grateful for what it embraced as philosophical justification.” – Christopher Lehman Haupt’s New York Times obituary for the great Robert Nozick (a mentor of mine). Justification for what? The implication here is that conservatives are just greedy, bad people and that Nozick gave them some patina of philosophical justification for their selfishness. How about the daring notion that Nozick gave the right new philosophical depth, nuance and style?