Random observations

There's a heated debate going on right now at Wikipedia. No one can agree on a definition for “Classical Liberalism.” Further, they can't agree on whether to merge Liberalism with Classical Liberalism. Here's a sample:

I'm leaving Classic Liberalism separate just in case the socialists try and destroy Classical Liberalism like they did the liberalism page. - Gibby

Why those rotten socialists. I know, vandalism of the Wiki is a disgrace to the commons, but this is an interesting episode.

Second random observation:

Everyone in economics circles has by now read half a dozen articles about Edmund Phelps winning the Nobel Prize in Economics. This gives me the excuse to move off the topic of economics and point to a splendid post by Ars Mathematica about the Nobel Prize in Physics.