Matt Alldian

Al Jazeera's live news updates cover Hezbollah rocket attacks on Haifa and Israel's bombing of Lebanon. via The source of this content is Al Jazeera.

Reason shares their morning links covering Obama's choice to drop Bush's missile defense plan, federally funded airports that are barely used, and more.

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Steve Chapman argues in this article that Obama's economic policies have sparked fears of national bankruptcy, similar to the fiscal concerns Ross Perot raised in 1992.

via The source of this content is Reason.com - Free Minds and Free Markets.

Al Jazeera's live blog covers escalating tensions between Israel and Hezbollah, including rocket attacks and bombings. via Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera's live blog covers escalating tensions between Israel and Hezbollah, including rocket attacks and bombings. via Al Jazeera

One pig was used to make 185 products, including both food and non-food items. The book "PIG 05049" documents the surprising range of products derived from a single source.

via kottke.org

Mario Rizzo critiques Joseph Stiglitz's argument for replacing GDP with a new metric for social well-being, arguing that such a metric would be inherently subjective and open to politicization. via ThinkMarkets.

Kottke.org shares humorous modern-day versions of classic book titles and invites readers to create their own book covers. via kottke.org

Economist Tyler Cowen discusses the results of a survey that reveals varying levels of consensus among economists on US tax code issues. via Marginal Revolution

Tyler Cowen reviews Mark Kleiman's book, "When Brute Force Fails: How to Have Less Crime and Less Punishment," which discusses crime rates in the context of risk assessment.

Calculate your chances of dying: while we double our chances of dying every eight years, the actual likelihood of dying in the next year increases slowly with age.

via Freakonomics

Jason Kottke thinks this shot by Roger Federer at the US Open is the most ridiculous tennis shot ever.