Reason Morning Links: Madoff, Milk, and Marauding Avian Gangs
– New tensions with China.
– Record numbers seek unemployment benefits.
– Bernie Madoff goes to jail. Prosecutors start looking for co-conspirators.
– Connecticut could crack down on raw milk.
– If you missed the Jon Stewart/Jim Cramer showdown last night, here it is. The most notable thing about the interview, I think, is that Cramer, who ordinarily comes across like an announcer in a WWE match, here appears as a high school sophomore whose voice hasn't quite finished changing, sitting uneasily in the principal's office. (But how did Jon Stewart become the principal of Cable High? I don't know, but you might find some clues in Fonzie's evolution from J.D. dropout to schoolteacher. Or Rush Limbaugh's evolution from shock jock to informal head of the GOP.)
– Pentagon procurement reform, real and phony.
– Facebook: nostalgia sets in.
– Economics teacher practices some economics.
– Birds and game theory.