Favorite Feeds Updated

I'm renaming my "Favorite Blogs" to "Favorite Feeds", since it has some non-blog sources of content as well.

I'm removing:

• As the Apple Turns — Haven't read it in ages. Doesn't really offer much that you can't get by osmosis from the various other decent sources of tech and Mac news. Was mostly a novelty.
  
• Geek Patrol — Sometimes has decent content, but not often enough to be worth it.
  
• Pejmanesque — This blog was discontinued, and its successor, while high-quality and possessing an image of a Goban in its logo, just hasn't kept my interest.
  
• VodkaPundit — Sometimes I think bloggers feel the need to blog even when they don't have something unique to say. Unfortunately, Stephen Green often seems to feel this way.

• Charles Krauthammer's Washington Post columns — He absolutely never fails to write a lucid and insightful essay, week after week. Two superb highlights from the past month: on gasoline "price gouging", and Iran's existential threat to Jews.
  
• Mere Rhetoric — I discovered this one after Sharon's cerebral hemorrhage. It had excellent coverage of that, as well as invaluable analysis of the Israeli political terrain right through the March 28th election. It can get a little too LGF-ish when discussing other topics — i.e., angry, uncreative repetition. But there are enough gems to be worth keeping up with.
  
• Reddit — A collaborative content filter. Does an excellent job of filtering out the crap and showing you high-quality content, both new and old, personalized to your own interests based on what previous stuff you've liked. Beats the hell out of Digg for the quality of its content, the intelligence of its community, and the individually-tailored recommendations. Has a nice, libertarian-leaning, pro-capitalist community that consists in large part of Lisp programmers. A positive side-effect of reading Reddit is that you won't miss anything Paul Graham writes. Good discussion threads are possible, too.

• Belmont Club — Still the best contemplative geostrategic analysis online, with a military focus. I must confess to not reading it much these days, but that's mainly because I've been interested in other things.
  
• InstaPundit — I don't read it on a daily basis anymore, but when major news events happen and I want to see what's abuzz, I know I'll find a diverse summary of the quality posts and articles that are online.
  
• Setting the World to Rights — The hub of critical rationalist libertarian hawks, by the people who brought us Taking Children Seriously.
  
• Woty Freeman — Hasn't been updated in a year and a half, but hey, it's Woty.

Tim Russert Doesn't Understand Basic Economics

Here's a clip from this Sunday's "special edition" of Meet the Press on high gas prices. Simply astonishing:



I love the expression on Bodman's face. First, one of confusion: "Did he really just ask me that question?" Then shock: "Holy shit, he really asked me that question." Then, after his brief answer, he just stared at Russert like he was an idiot, and there was silence. Full video of the show here, and full transcript here.

I guess Tim Russert doesn't read Charles Krauthammer.