BC: 04-29-09

April 28th, 2009 3:14 pm
The wizard war
MSNBC reprints an NYT article describing cyberattack and defense concepts that are either already in place or are being developed. Many of these concepts were apparently developed during the Bush Administration and their use and success is still highly classified.

April 27th, 2009 10:14 pm
“And then I lit a match to see if there was any gas left …”
The Associated Press reported that an Air Force One type of aircraft was flown over New York city to update the file photograph that is used for publicity purposes. Instead of being a photo opportunity of the aircraft itself, the episode ended up taking a snapshot of the bureaucratic mind.

April 27th, 2009 7:18 pm
Competing governments: Federalism revisited
Randy Barnett described his proposal to place ten Constitutional amendments at the center of the Tea Party movement to Michael Leahy and Glenn Reynolds at Pajamas TV. What seems interesting to me, apart from the proposals themselves, is the reaction they are likely to provoke among those who feel that the centralization of power with the Federal Government is something devoutly to be desired.