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An editor at Bloomberg makes me look even more of a fool than is usually the case.
Archive for June, 2011
June 14th, 2011
Category: Uncategorized
When we moved into our Westwood house three years ago, the first thing we did was rip out the grass and plant some nice native stuff that requires little water. Few of our green grass loving neighbors have admired our “Berkeley touch”. In my Climatopolis work on climate change adaptation, I have argued that we [...]
June 14th, 2011
Category: Religion and Politics
Doesn’t Archbishop Dolan have someone on his staff who can tell him what’s in Scripture?
June 14th, 2011
My essay on the vaccine-autism controversy came out today in Democracy. If you don’t read Democracy, you should. The list of luminaries on the masthead is quite impressive. I’m grateful to Michael Tomasky and Elbert Ventura for the opportunity to publish in such a terrific place, and for the careful editing. RBC readers know that [...]
June 14th, 2011
Category: Watching Conservatives
… to run for President as a Republican? Well, you have to say that FEMA should be abolished and disaster relief devolved to the states and the private sector.
No, seriously.
June 14th, 2011
Category: Affordable Care Act, Health Care
The ideal, in a few words: “tightly regulated, mandatory, health plan schemes that balance power among consumers, suppliers, plans, and government.”
June 14th, 2011
Category: Drug Policy
Scott’s Miracle-Gro is marketing to cannabis growers.
No, seriously.
June 14th, 2011
Category: Policy Analysis, Public management
OK I am dramatizing a bit. But John Donahue and Richard Zeckhauser each emailed responses to my sagely review. Richard notes the changes in PDUFA to improve post-market surveillance. He also notes the role of the new law in assisting HIV/AIDS patients. No argument there. Regarding my comments about parks, he writes: Don’t let the [...]
June 13th, 2011
Rick Perry mangles the Book of Genesis.