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…no, that’s not the right play; it’s Huis Clos, maybe. I’m in London in a hotel with about ten Americans originally gathered for a conference that ended Friday. We don’t know when we can leave, it’s a nice enough group but the only link is that we all have some connection with biofuels policy, and [...]
Archive for April, 2010
April 19th, 2010
Category: Financial crises
The Obama-appointed SEC chair voted with the two Democrats and against the two Republicans in deciding to bring fraud charges against Goldman Sachs.
April 19th, 2010
Category: Rhetoric and Framing, Watching Conservatives
What distinguishes responsible libertarianism from the kind that says “buy more guns, more bullets”? Bentham helps us out here: it’s the difference between arguing that the government should not do something and asserting that it cannot. The latter isn’t an argument; it’s an appeal to violence.
April 18th, 2010
Category: Drug Policy
… if I’d missed the Psychedelic Science in the 21st Century conference. Pretty damned impressive.
April 18th, 2010
Category: Uncategorized
… if I spent more time with Brian Taylor and Alan Altshuler: 1. Only about 20% of the people who take inter-city trains are going from one city center to another, so the vaunted advantage of rail over air of not having to get to and from the airport is somewhat blunted. 2. Once an [...]
April 16th, 2010
Category: Uncategorized
If Republicans want to make financial services reform an issue in November, the Democrats should be happy to help them.
April 15th, 2010
Category: Rhetoric and Framing, Watching Conservatives
It’s a little early, but Steve Benen may have uncorked the classic line of the 2010s.
April 14th, 2010
Category: Uncategorized
CNN Poll 33/34. If Barack Obama were the Democratic Party’s candidate and Mitt Romney were the Republican Party’s candidate, who would you be more likely to vote for? Obama 53 Romney 45 35/36. If Barack Obama were the Democratic Party’s candidate and Mike Huckabee were the Republican Party’s candidate, who would you be more likely [...]
April 13th, 2010
Category: Spirituality and Religion
Celibacy didn´t cause priestly paedophilia, but it was critical to the cover-up.
April 13th, 2010
Category: Watching Conservatives
It is it too much to ask for someone at the Standard to have an emotional maturity greater than that of a toddler?