2010

Steve Landsburg discusses Supreme Court Justice Scalia's letter about the legality of secession. via The Big Questions

Al Jazeera's live news updates cover the conflict in Gaza, Hurricane Milton, and US military aid to Israel. via The source of this content is Al Jazeera.

Iceland considered legislation in 2010 to become a haven for free press protections, potentially attracting publishers with strong legal protections for publication. via Reason.com

Economist Arnold Kling argues that the Federal Reserve prioritizes bolstering banks and mortgage security holders over taxpayers. via Reason.com - Free Minds and Free Markets.

Economist Steve Landsburg uses his blog, The Big Questions: Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics, and Physics, to list five things he doesn't understand and asks for explanations.

Ten Nobel Prize winners in economics answer the question "What was the most important theoretical breakthrough?" in this blog post which links to an EconTalk interview with Edmund Phelps.

via Coordination Problem

Tyler Cowen shares Malcolm Gladwell's hypothesis that alcohol creates "myopia," narrowing focus to immediate experience rather than causing disinhibition. via Marginal Revolution

Scientists are exploring a potential new method for destroying cancer cells that uses tiny gold-plated discs to shake the cells to death. via kottke.org

The sidebar of the Marginal REVOLUTION blog by Alex Tabarrok provides links to subscribe, contact the authors, and view their other work.

Facebook and AOL partnered to let AIM users chat with their Facebook friends. via Readwriteweb

People in South Korea are using snack sausages as styluses for their iPhones during the cold weather because they are similar to human fingers in terms of electrostatic conductivity. via kottke.org

Al Jazeera's live news updates covered developing stories in February 2010, including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Hurricane Milton, and US aid to Israel. via Al Jazeera.