How best to handle the diabesity epidemic?

Secrets of the Sleeping Brain

Matt Walker: Secrets of the Sleeping Brain from Ask a Scientist and Ask a Scientist on FORA.tv

Tyler Cowen on Black Swans

What’s not to like?

Frank Langella as a retired (maybe) jewel thief, a robot butler and Susan Sarandon as the love interest — this could be pretty good.

Friedman on Greed

It doesn’t get any better than this. H/T David Henderson.

Morning Paper

The fascinating story of how the Times of London was published during the German bombing of London during World War II. H/T Terry Teachout.

Morning Paper (1942) from British Council Film on Vimeo.

Drug prohibition is a failed policy

The Master

The new Paul Thomas Anderson movie set for release this fall based supposedly on L. Ron Hubbard and the Church of Scientology.