See several posts from The Corner yesterday (1, 2, 3 and 4.):

Although all empirical evidence contradicts my assertion, there exists a large body of anecdotal evidence that gives the illusion I was kind of right after all.

PS: The Derb quote that started it all:

Japan is doing pretty nicely: “Real GDP grew by an estimated 2.6% in 2003…” Not bad for a nation that’s supposed to be on the ropes.

Our earlier post is below (or here.)