Pun Salad https://punsalad.com/ The most recent articles from Pun Salad en-us Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:55:20 -0400 They're Noticing Even Down in DC (paid link) Well, at least the WaPo editorialists are noticing Maine’s race to the top on taxes . ( WaPo gifted link ) Leading off with a loaded question: Is... https://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2026/04/13/1776084914 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:55:14 -0400 Welcome to New Hampshire, Maine Millionaires (paid link) So I'm currently reading an old (© 1960) book, Friedrich Hayek's The Constitution of Liberty , Amazon... https://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2026/04/12/1776004377 Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:32:57 -0400 Elbridge Gerry's Most Famous Contribution to American History is Kinda Sad Take it away, Remy! Want to sing along? Lyrics are here . If you want a crackpot solution to gerrymandering, I proposed one nine years ago . Which was greeted with a total lack of interest, but... https://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2026/04/11/1775907378 Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:36:18 -0400 Unusual Job Requirement? You Don't Want to Know. And now on to the daily hodgepodge: I really hesitated to post this. At the... https://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2026/04/10/1775833935 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:12:15 -0400 It's the Bug That Hums (paid link) Bryan Caplan has an interesting approach to some thorny questions: The Philosophy of Bah... https://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2026/04/09/1775746552 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 10:55:52 -0400 Democracy Dies in … Scenic Book Covers, I Guess (paid link) Our Amazon Eye Candy du Jour is the cover of JD Vance's forthcoming book about his spiritual journey.... https://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2026/04/08/1775656838 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:00:38 -0400 In Space, No One Can Hear You Ignoring the Problem Noah Smith succumbs to a temptation we all feel at times: I told you this would end badly . I hate to say “I told you so” — not because saying... https://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2026/04/07/1775576536 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:42:16 -0400 Stuck in the Middle With … A Lot of Other People But that's not bad news. Scott Lincicome plugs a WSJ story: "More Americans Are Breaking Into the Upper Middle Class: Research shows that ranks of higher earners have grown markedly over last 50 years, while lower rungs of middle class have shrunk" 😲 https://t.co/XSDJbAgPI3 pic.twitter.com/k5X3QK7UjJ —... https://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2026/04/06/1775474891 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 07:28:11 -0400 Pun Salad Eagerly Piles On the New York Times Specifically, for this: A correction will appear in tomorrow's print edition: "A headline with an article on Friday about President Trump’s threats to leave NATO misstated the full name of the body. It is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, not the North American Treaty Organization." — NYTimes... https://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2026/04/05/1775389034 Sun, 05 Apr 2026 07:37:14 -0400 We do indeed "make stuff"! Well, not me, but… Andrew Heaton brings his usual video mixture of hilarity and wisdom to a persistent myth, pointing out America still makes stuff! There's no accompanying text at the Reason website to go with that, so... https://punsalad.com/cgi-bin/ps?spec=2026/04/04/1775314151 Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:49:11 -0400