Links

Why did so many starve in a land of plenty? Socialism.

• Reason magazine has a great interview with former New Mexico Governor, and possible 2012 presidential hopeful, Gary Johnson. I really hope he runs.

• Two teachers respond to a new publication which questions the effectiveness of charter schools.

• John Stossel expresses doubt that the solution to what ails the financial industry is a 1,300+ page bill full of new rules and regulations. I've noticed that when the stimulus package failed some on the left chalked it up to insufficient spending, and when one of the most regulated industries in the country goes through a crisis it is attributed to a lack of regulation. Update: Even Steven Pearlstein criticizes the bill.

• David Boaz on socialism and the Jamestown colony.

• Russ Roberts parses a broadband sob story.