Always look on the bright side of life

Mickey Kaus is a glass-half-full kind of guy:

Are you impressed with a drop in home values of 6.6% over a year? It doesn’t seem like such a big correction, given the dramatic run-up in prices over the last decade or so. … And don’t declining prices make housing more… what’s the word? … affordable?** … This evening NBC Nightly News billboarded a "housing CRISIS." (Link available here.) I thought a "housing crisis" was when people couldn’t find housing, not when it got cheaper. (NBC’s expert: "It’s very, very difficult to find any silver lining." No it’s not.) …

I’ve often thought that a massive worldwide flu epidemic would make movie theaters a lot less crowded, a great deal quieter, and would therefore improve the quality of my movie-going experience. I just never say that out loud. Particularly while the movie is running…