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He can’t really think that the Lutheran/Catholic split was about papal infalliblity. Can he?
Archive for July, 2011
July 21st, 2011
Category: Crime Control, Prisons and penal policy
My latest on community corrections, in the journal Criminology and Public Policy.
July 21st, 2011
Category: Uncategorized
Republicans often question whether environmental regulation offers significant social benefits. A recent fire at a New York City sewage treatment plant offers a nasty natural experiment. The fire knocked out some of these treatment plants and the local rivers are now filled with poop. As reported by the New York Times, the Clean Water Act has significantly [...]
July 21st, 2011
Category: Watching Conservatives
Having been an officer, I’m incapable of acting like a gentleman.
July 21st, 2011
Category: Debt ceiling, Lese-Majeste
If this is true, then the dichotomy that I suggested last week, viz., Obama is either a Democrat and a moron or a Republican and a genius, is still valid: A Congressional aide briefed on ongoing negotiations between House Speaker John Boehner and President Obama says the two principals may be nearing a “grand bargain” [...]
July 21st, 2011
Category: Climate change
A year ago I was living in Washington, D.C. and hating the horrible heat and humidity. I see that it is even more horrible this year than last. I am sympathetic for those RBC readers who are suffering in our nation’s capital, so let me relay the image that kept me going when I was [...]
July 21st, 2011
I remember seeing a cartoon years ago that portrayed a group of people at a self-service gas station. The cashier yells out “You, with the U.S. license plates, you pay BEFORE you pump!”. The caption read “On a recent trip to Canada, Howard discovered the shame of being from a debtor nation”. I thought of [...]