More than half of Americans now depend on the government for their livelihood. This, as you might guess, is bad.
In 1972, President Nixon commissioned a report on, as it was then called, marihuana. Nixon wanted intellectual cover for his war on pot-smoking hippies. Unfortunately for Nixon, the report came back with the recommendation that pot be legalized. NORML now marks the 35th anniversary of the federal government’s marijuana junk science.
Bob Herbert on arresting, handcuffing, and booking six-year-olds.
What Will said.
It’s getting drafty again.
Nutritionists caution that trans-fat replacements may not necessarily be healthier than trans-fats.
A Missouri mayor is headed to prison for taking a bribe from a traffic camera company in return for his promise not to veto a bill allowing installation of the devices in his town.
The fact that one of the two leading proponents of “libertarian paternalism” thinks increasing paycheck withholding would be a swell idea really only drives home the point that neither of the two scholars pushing the cute phrase “libertarian paternalism” (Cass Sunstein and Richard Thaler) are actually libertarian.
An ongoing problem: Parolees being sent back to prison despite not being convicted of an actual crime. I realize most people don’t naturally sympathize with parolees. But if a parolee can be sent back to prison despite not actually having done anything wrong, what’s the point in even having parole?
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