Links and Minifeatures 07 13 (Friday the 13th!)

Oops! Via Josh Poulson, I got pointed to an article at Intellectual Conservative.



We must consider that the threats to the Spotted Owl ten years ago are not necessarily the same as the threats now. Nonetheless, at first glance it appears that we basically killed most of our domestic timber industry for something that wasn't their fault. This leaves completely aside the issue of whether it was the right thing to do even if the timber industry was the primary culprit, but if this is correct, that does not appear to be the case. Oops.



This oops didn't just hurt big business, by the way. It hurt a very large number of ordinary people. Think they'll forgive and forget if we give them a heartfelt apology? Somehow I doubt it.