The other day, Ted at Crooked Timber identified some low-hanging fruit ripe for elimination from the US federal budget. After citing an egregious example of useless waste, he wrote: "My first response was 'This is why good people turn libertarian.' Upon reflection, thatÂ’s my second response, too."

Crooked Timber is a consistently good read on the center-left side of the political spectrum. Check it out.

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The strange thing here is the orders of the runners-up. Democrat? Republican or Socialist? Yikes.

(via Donkey Rex Ferric)

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This post earns Matoko Kusanagi a move from the The Green Hills of Earth to the The Moon is a Harsh Mistress portion of my blogroll.

(The TMiaHM section is reserved for libertarians/classical liberals).

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