Assorted links

1. Advances in civil liberties in Cleveland.

2. Coney Island update. When I was there in the late 1980s, it was notable mainly as an urban ruin. Glad to see that things are looking up.

3. One more reason not to look at p*orn at work.

4. Benny Hill, Ernie, and the fastest milk cart in the west.

5. Slate on what place names mean.

Hat tip on #1 to Charlie Brown and on #4 to Peter Dolton.

Bad news for Greg Mankiw

Cengage has gone bankrupt, and owes Greg $1.6 million.

Thought question: what does the negative income shock do to his labor supply?

This is likely bad news for Jeff Wooldridge too. His excellent undergraduate text, which I use in my ECON 406 class every fall, is also published by Cengage.

Addendum: apparently the bankruptcy is not a problem for Greg.

Hat tip: Ken Troske and others

Statement from Edward Snowden

Here is what he has to say.

It will be interesting to see where he ends up. I hope it is not in a US prison.

Time use in a picture

From the WSJ (where you can read a whole article about it), via portside.org (!)

Behavior that I have trouble explaining ...

... or, when bad things happen to good people, at Madison and at Princeton.

Assorted links

1. Nick Gillespie at reason on Alec Baldwin's latest scandal.

2. P.J. O'Rourke on space.

3. The story of one of Hitler's food tasters.

4. David Warsh on Charles Manski's new book (among other things).

5. Kaleidescope

Canada Day

In honor of Canada Day, which is today for those readers who do not attend to such important matters, a bit of fun from the Onion.