Hmm. Looks like the earlier malfunction in the HNN computer has been fixed, but when the problem vanished, it took some posts with it. I had posted an entry in which I give the NYT's Edward Rothstein the what-for for his hatchet job on Rand. I can repost it in the morning, I guess.

Meanwhile, the President is giving the state of the union address, which I gave up watching several presidents ago. If he can pull off privatizing social security, that'll be great, but my guess is that the speech will irritate me. If he actually believed in an "ownership society," that would be great too, but my suspicion is that that's just a stance he adopts when useful, one which he's just as quick to abandon in other contexts. Well, we'll see what's what in the morning.