Kahneman, Greed and Success,

It isn't hard to make a lot of money, if all you do is want to make a lot of money.

Kahneman, Greed and Success, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty:

Kahneman highlights an important, neglected reason why some people are rich and others are poor: some people care about money more than the rest of us.� People who want to be rich make the choices and sacrifices conducive to that end - and on average they succeed.�

Los Angeles Police Arrest Suspect

Los Angeles Police Arrest Suspect in Car Arsons - NYTimes.com:

NYC's schadenfreude

For all its considerable delights, Southern California always seems faintly on the cusp of an apocalypse. There are palm trees, year-round gardens and splendid weather — it was 81 degrees and sunny on Sunday — but there are also mudslides, gang shootings, wildfires and earthquakes.

The Distorted View from Capitol Hill

Reality distortion in D.C.

The Distorted View from Capitol Hill - NYTimes.com

Contractors' role grows in drone missions, worrying some in the military

We outside the military should be worried as well.

Contractors' role grows in drone missions, worrying some in the military | McClatchy

Way to start off the year.

Mark Ames: Ezra Klein’s shine job on the Kochs � naked capitalism:

What do you really think about Ezra Klein?

Really, the problem isn’t so much Ezra–after all, he’s a former roommate of Megan [McArdle]’s and a longtime friend of hers, Weigel’s, and every other corrupt libertard scavenger in DC–the problem is that the Washington Post must have known what they were doing when they zeroed in on this gullible, star-fucking pipsqueak to represent the so-called liberal consensus. The Fred Hiatts and Charles Lanes chose Ezra Klein for the same reason Roger Ailes chose Alan Colmes to sit next to Hannity.

Old Goalie Steals Show

Playing Five Minutes, Old Goalie Steals Show - NYTimes.com: “You’re never too old to go after your passion,” said Parent, who lives on a houseboat in Wildwood, N.J. “There’s a message there for a lot of people. You have to prepare for it. Will you perform the same as you did 30 years ago? Of course not, but you don’t quit. It brings a quality of life. So my message here to the people tonight is: Don’t give up. I’m 66 years old, I get on the ice five minutes, but I did it.”

Questions for Business Success

How Samuel Palmisano of I.B.M. Stayed a Step Ahead - Unboxed - NYTimes.com:

• “Why would someone spend their money with you — so what is unique about you?”

• “Why would somebody work for you?”

• “Why would society allow you to operate in their defined geography — their country?”

• “And why would somebody invest their money with you?”