McArdle reflects on Saturday’s high-speed rail crash in China:
We don't know that this accident was caused by China's autocratic political system; even the best-run systems do occasionally have accidents. But what's emerging from behind the shiny pictures of whizzy trains and smiling engineers is a story of overreach, corruption, and possibly disastrous construction shortcuts. We should not lament the fact that we couldn't do anything like this here.
Austin Ramzy reports that official explanations of the crash and subsequent rescue efforts have been met with "widespread anger and doubt":
The Central Propaganda Department has issued a strict series of restrictions on coverage of the crash by Chinese news outlets, including instructions that reporters "Do not question. Do not elaborate," according to China Digital Times, a website based at the University of California, Berkeley.
Could a disaster on the hastily built Jiaozhou Bay Bridge be next?
The Dish 