I’m going to guess that Udacity won’t have a top-heavy administration.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

Truck carriers are buying more trucks, but it’s mostly to replace older fleets, rather than to expand fleet sizes.\u00a0 The problem, according to Werner Enterprises (where I work for a living), is that there’s a pretty serious driver shortage.\u00a0 So in the short term, this is going to drive up costs and probably expand profits […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

Pretty much the whole system went down: “Metro suffered a complete system failure last night around 11:30 pm. The failures were so extensive that all communications, including track circuits, were out of service.” When I lived in DC, people were proud of the combination subway-light rail.\u00a0 The trains were packed, and while they basically proved […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

Well, we had better hope not.\u00a0 High unemployment combined with a terrible state credit rating.\u00a0 For the umpteen millionth time, evidence that high taxes and heavy regulation don’t actually work.\u00a0 I’m not sure a flat tax is inherently “fairer,” in the way that most people use the term.\u00a0 But it would probably do a better […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

Via Russ Roberts at Cafe Hayek: What is notable about contemporary reform is that there is little effort to change the incentives that caused bank executives to take the big risks and a huge emphasis on regulating their choices. The implicit assumption seems to be that incentives and the assignment of liability plays only a […]<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

Colorado ranks slightly better than average, but look at the two biggest winners: Texas and North Dakota.\u00a0 Given our coal and shale, we really ought to be doing better than this.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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From landscapes to portraits being drawn.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n