Econoblog Marginal Revolution asks the interesting question on what are the most harmful government programs. Their thoughts:
At the top I will put our aggregate of health care policies, including Medicare, but without pretending that removing any one of them would solve the major problems. Many smaller decisions, taken together, have painted us into a […]

The silence from the LAT camp on the status of Michael Hiltzik is deafening.

But that hasn’t’ stopped Independent Sources from learning the top ten excuses Hiltzik is considering:
1. “NoFAnOfCableCos” is a nickname not a pseudonym.
2. Like any good reporter, I will never divulge my anonymous pseudonyms.
3. “These are not the droids we’re looking for.”
4. Robert […]

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In his post last week exposing the Los Angeles Times’ Michael Hiltzik as a self promoting sock pupeteer, Patterico noted that “Mikekoshi,” one of Hiltzik’s presumed aliases, has commented at Kevin Drum’s blog at the Washington Monthly.
An interesting fact that Patterico missed: if you go to this February 2005 comment, the email address associated with […]

I get pissed off when I get even one telemarketing call. If I get two I’m ballistic. Three and I’m nuclear. Anyway you get the idea. Imagine how Denise Richards felt when in April 2005 she received six calls over a 25-hour period all from a rather unhinged Charlie Sheen. Here are the highlights:

April 19th […]

Last week, in the wake of mass arrests in 26 states, the Department of Homeland Security announced a crackdown on employers of illegal immigrants. Secretary Chertoff was all smiles (I think, who can tell with that guy?) as he declared:
“Law enforcement officials will ‘use all the tools we have, whether it be criminal enforcement […]

LAT: Labor union’s advice channeling their members into savings plans with substandard returns and high expenses
Why would a labor union direct its members to under-performing plans with some of the most expensive retirement plans available?
…the unions endorse investment providers, even specific products, and the companies reciprocate with financial support. They sponsor union conferences, advertise […]

I thought it was an urban legend.
I was about to add the person who sent it to me to my spam filter list.
It couldn’t be true, could it?
I checked Snopes and it really is true.
Today, Tuesday April 25th, is a free ice cream cone day at Ben and Jerry’s.
Now why would I or anyone […]

…and Hiltzik is not alone in his breach, Patterico, LA Observed, Media Bistro, Independent Sources and 24,620 or so other blogs or blog postings have violated the published terms of service of the Los Angeles Times web site.
In fact, this very sentence you are reading violates Los Angeles Times web site policy which states:

Links […]

Hugh Hewitt points us to this Online Journalism Review interview of the Los Angeles Times’ Michael Hiltzik. The piece went up last Monday, prior to Patterico’s outing Hiltzik’s use of pseudonymous users to talk up his LAT blog.
OJR: Does your blog go through an editing process? And, if so, what’s that like?
Hiltzik: No.
OJR: No?
Hiltzik: No, […]

After visitors to Amazon.com view Michael Hiltzik’s recent book “The Plot Against Social Security : How the Bush Plan Is Endangering Our Financial Future,” what do they do?
5% buy “Unhinged: Exposing Liberals Gone Wild”

Appropriate, no? And perhaps there’s a need for a new chapter …
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Fortunately for Hiltzik, none of the customer reviews are from mikekoshi […]

As LA Observed noted, we are not sure what to read into the absence of Michael Hiltzik’s usual business section column but it was not there this morning.

Meanwhile the Hiltzik scandal is spreading with stories in Slate, NYT, and another in Washington Post.
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Surprise! Researchers prove that the judgement of high testosterone men is impaired by the sight of an attractive woman.
Exhibit A:

From Mahalanobis:

Researchers at the University of Leuven in Belgium asked men to play an ultimatum game, in which they split a certain amount of money between them. High-testosterone men drove the hardest bargain — unless they […]

Blogger Celebrity Religion has noted a couple of comments that are rather inappropriate coming from Mr. Cruise, such as:

“You hold this newborn, and you realize you’ve got responsibilities like you’ve never had before”.
It’s one thing for him to pretend he’s never been married but someone needs to remind him that this his third […]

Sheen’s Smokin’ Hot Wife says Charlie’s Problems include drugs, hookers, threats, gambling, gay porn, and much, much more

Conspiracy Theorists Need New Poster Child

If Michael Hiltzik thought he was having PR problems all he has to do is look at the media coverage Charlie Sheen is getting from the release of Denise Richards‘ 17-page sworn […]