Bits, pieces, odds and ends:

A couple of weeks ago I gave Mark Gibbs the credit, but it was Abe Lincoln who said “People who like this sort of thing will find this to be the sort of thing they like,” long before Mark did.

Sorry Abe.

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Not a correction:

Last week I said the worst of the worst when it came to budget-cuts would be decisions to defer non-discretionary spending.

The best way to discover your ignorance is to try explaining what you think you know.

About a year ago I started turning the KJR Manifesto into a book. Since I’d already published a synopsis in this space (“KJR Manifesto — Core Principles,” Keep the Joint Running, 4/10/2006) and had written columns about most of the ideas, I figured it would be a quick, easy project.