Outspoken Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner and Nobel Laureate economist Gary Becker have a lot to say about a lot of things. This is why the vast and boundless expanse of the blogosphere is the perfect soapbox for these intellectual behemoths.

“The Becker-Posner Blog,” which the pair launched in December 2004, tackles the headlines with thorough and thoughtful prose on a weekly basis, covering topics from Google’s entrance into the Chinese market to the gasoline price spike.