A three-pack

Making my usual rounds through the conservative sites this morning I found three articles, all on completely different subjects, that shared an off-beat sensibility. Thomas Sowell writes about "black rednecks." William Voegeli takes a chop at the "cynical idealism" of Social Security. And in an occasionally overwrought piece at the American Spectator, James Poulos riffs away on Hunter S. Thompson as a "reactionary." All three make interesting reading, if you're in the mood.