Billy Boy Car

KPC fan Mark S. suggests that KPC may be just the place for this photo.  We have to agree.  We give you the "Billy Boy" car.  Those crazy folks in Wisconsin....

Do click for an even more prophylactic image...

Blogoverse needs Pritchett

Lant Pritchett is guestblogging up a storm about conditional cash transfers.

Check out these two excellent (albeit perhaps slightly contradictory) posts here and here.

Self-recommending.

Heartbreaking Grace and Tremendous Courage

This totally made me tear up. What a great guy.

(Nod to Angry Alex)

Quotes entirely relevant for this election season

"Politics is a ridiculous profession populated by ridiculous people. Maybe if we elect increasingly clownish candidates, the public will eventually come to realize this, and finally realize that it’s probably not a good idea to put larger and larger portions of our lives and livelihoods in the hands of people who have achieved success in a field that rewards character traits you spend your entire tenure as a parent trying to teach out of your kids."

-Radley Balko

more here.

He was there once, but he's never going back

Prehomosexual? Interesting article. A little irreverent, but that's never stopped us here at KPC. And, after all, it's Scientific American.

(Nod to Angry Alex)

Lou Dobbs v. Tom Palmer

Heh.

Words of wisdom!

1. Will Wilkinson on Bryan Caplan's crusade to "replentish the earth":

If Bryan really thinks rising education, wealth, and gender equality have somehow made us worse at evaluating the costs and benefits of children, he probably ought to turn in his economist card.

2. Tyler Cowen on the stimulus addicts:

I believe the "zero bound" is perhaps the single largest "red herring" in the economics profession today.