Aaron Swartz looks at the "Hollywood" and invite-only beta models of launching web software. In a nutshell, big product releases lend themselves to massive opening day server crashes. (via Daring Fireball)
Michael Barone takes a look at the fascinating world of nepotistic Chicago politics, and why Obama needed unrepentant terrorist Bill Ayers to get anywhere in the land of Daley.
Dems are shocked—SHOCKED—to find enormous cases of Medicare fraud. And they're right to be surprised: the government ALWAYS distributes private goods without waste or complications! Really, who ever heard of an inefficient, corrupt government?