My hero this week is recently deceased economist Milton Friedman. Whether you agree with his theories and arguments or not, there is little doubt he was a brilliant man.

Instapundit has a great roundup of links, and the Washington Times has an editorial today proclaiming him 'The Economist of the Century' (though I think they mean the 20th Century).

My hack this week is O.J. Simpson. He has a new book coming out called "If I Did It," detailing how he would have committed the murders:

Some customers are calling it "shameful," "disgusting" or "repulsive," and call for a boycott, but O.J. Simpson's book in which he "imagines" killing his ex-wife and her friend is also a big seller two weeks before it even hits the shelves.

The book, "If I Did It," has been climbing steadily on the best-seller list of Amazon.com Inc., with advance orders pushing it to No. 25 early Friday. It goes on sale Nov. 30, and has already generated hundreds of comments from the online retailer's users, as well as a growing debate on blogs and in mainstream publications.

The book is being published by ReganBooks, an imprint of News Corp.'s HarperCollins Publishers. Fox television, which like Harper Collins is owned by News Corp., plans to air a two-part TV interview of Simpson by publisher Judith Regan, on Nov. 27 and 29.

Regan told the Associated Press on Wednesday she considers the book "his confession," and wrote a full-page editorial that appears in the Friday edition of News Corp.'s New York Post that maintains she was motivated to publicize it by her own history of domestic abuse.

Not only do I find it offensive, I think it is a downright stupid move. Besides, everyone thinks he did it anyway.

Posted by Ryan S. on Friday, November 17, 2006 at 9:41 AM | Permalink |