Thursday assorted links

1. Cubans go on shopping trips to Haiti.

2. New Malcolm Gladwell podcast on music.  He is a fan of Wilco and Emmylou Harris.

3. MIE: “KFC selling logs for your fireplace that smell like its original recipe fried chicken. You can get them at http://www.KFCFirelogs.com  for $18.99.”

4. Niskanan Center releases new policy vision paper by Brink Lindsey, Steven Teles, Will Wilkinson, and Samuel Hammond.

5. Do the Scrabble rules need fixing? (no)

6. Christopher Balding on the Chinese legal system.