Assorted links

1. Michael Pollan or Michel Foucault? — a new blog.

2. The swine flu rate of hospitalization: about 2 percent.  The crisis isn't over.

3. Via Arnold Kling, an excellent economics blog by Matthew Rognlie, a twenty-year-old.  Here is Matt's vita, hire him.  His blog is much better than what most professors could do plus he has an 800 trifecta on his SATs.

4. Videos of the world's top scholars.

5. Peak car?

6. From Julian Sanchez, a proposal for Hansonian journalism.