Fred Kaplan at Slate with two apt observations on the Times Square car bomb investigation: In her 1961 book The Death and Life of Great American Cities , self-taught urban scholar and activist Jane Jacobs observed that sidewalks and their users are “active participants in the drama of civilization versus barbarism” (by “barbarism,” she meant crime) and that a continuously busy sidewalk is a safe sidewalk, because those who have business there—”the natural proprietors of the street”—provide “eyes upon the street.” Jacobs, who died in 2006, would not have been surprised to learn that it was two street vendors who first notified police of the suspicious Nissan Pathfinder… This may explain why busy areas like Times Square aren’t attacked by terrorists more often. The crowds make them tempting targets: lots of people mean lots of potential victims and subsequent media attention.
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The Times Square Car Bomb Plot: Thumbs Up For Jane Jacobs, Thumbs Down for Dick Cheney
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Rand Paul, the son of libertarian Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), currently leads his opponent in the Republican primary race for U.S. Senate in Kentucky by double digits
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New at Reason: W. James Antle III on How Ron Paul’s Foreign Policy Views Are Shaping Rand Paul’s Senate Race
There was a good D.C. Examiner column over the weekend by Glenn “Instapundit” Reynolds, discussing the broader implications of the so-painful-it’s-beyond-funny spectacle of Rep
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The Regulatory Knowledge Problem of Health Care Reform
So, a Tea Party-favored candidate for the U.S. Senate is leading in his primary race to replace a sitting Republican senator who is stepping down.
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National Security Republicans Go Gunning for Senate Front-Runner Rand Paul
Supreme Court Justice John Roberts tosses belated barb at Obama for attacking SCOTUS at SOTU. Israel announces new settlements in East Jerusalem, upstaging Vice President Biden’s meeting with Palestinian leaders
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Reason Morning Links: Roberts Scolds Obama, Israel Disses Biden, Mukasey Slams (Liz) Cheney
Last week former Vice President Dick Cheney accused the Obama administration of forsaking George W. Bush’s War on Terrorism. If only it were true, says Senior Editor Jacob Sullum
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New at Reason: Jacob Sullum on Obama’s Anti-Terrorism Policies
On Monday , I pointed out that the lefty activist site Media Matters posted a sleazy hit on the Heritage Foundation’s Overcriminalization project. Last night, Rachel Maddow used the same tactics on her MNSBC program. Like Media Matters, Maddow wrongly assumes Heritage opposes every bill in the “Legislative Watch” section of its website (it’s more a clearinghouse of all federal legislation related to crime), then also falsely equates opposition to a particular crime-fighting bill with being soft on whatever crime that bill’s authors are purporting to fight
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Maddow Joins Media Matters in Cheap Smear of Heritage Overcriminalization Project
On Monday , I pointed out that the lefty activist site Media Matters posted a sleazy hit on the Heritage Foundation’s Overcriminalization project. Last night, Rachel Maddow used the same tactics on her MNSBC program. Like Media Matters, Maddow wrongly assumes Heritage opposes every bill in the “Legislative Watch” section of its website (it’s more a clearinghouse of all federal legislation related to crime), then also falsely equates opposition to a particular crime-fighting bill with being soft on whatever crime that bill’s authors are purporting to fight.
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Maddow Joins Media Matters in Cheap Smear of Heritage Overcriminalization Project
Byron York reports on a new Gallup poll that says Vice President Joe Biden is less popular at this point in his term than Dick Cheney was in his: Vice President Joe Biden’s favorable rating has fallen to 42 percent in a new Gallup poll , down from a high of 59 percent just after last year’s election.
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Gallup: Biden Stinking Up The Joint
According to an email that landed in my inbox this afternoon, scrappy Joe Biden is Fighting the Power on health care reform: We’ve got a fight on our hands. Powerful insurance companies are pulling out all the stops to defeat the President’s plan for health reform
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If You’re the Vice President, Can You Still Be the Underdog?
