Interesting blog bits

1. Richard Posner asks Are Newspapers Doomed?
2. Yes, Newspapers are Doomed says Gray Becker.
3. At the Free Exchange blog they argue that Central bank independence under threat.
4. Mark Koyama asks Why Do Footballers Dive?
5. The Spectator reports on a US poll on attitudes to wealth redistribution.
6. Miriam Datskovsky on the estimated total earnings of Led Zeppelin's Stairway to Heaven.
7. The Naked Economist notes that Small-town America has big economic problems.