Krugman's unanswered critique: I got to wondering why the voices raised in opposition to Paul Krugman's series of columns about the Bush presidency always seem to go for the ad hom argument, at times resorting to coordinated smearing and so rarely seem to engage with the substance of his (coherent, by way of contrast)... (Miscellany)

Getting to the Brown and Root of things: This August, 2000 Austin Chronicle article (The Candidate From Brown and Root) connects the dots on Brown and Root, LBJ, Halliburton, and Dick Cheney. [Bite Media via the Well]... (Miscellany)

William Gibson gets a blog: William Gibson, influential writer of speculative fiction (sci-fi to the genrists), has a somewhat ironically neo-Luddite reputation but added a blog to his official site yesterday and promises to post there nearly daily. For some reason, the main page currently shows the first entry and not today's, the second, in which... (Book News)

Confessions of an adulterer: Instant Message chronicles the rise and fall of an extramarital affair. It's crack for voyeurs.... (Salon Bloggers)