Now when the Democratic nominee unloads on Fox News, there will be a chunk of Republican-leaning voters nodding their heads in agreement.
Footnote Has any of the other Republican candidates, or any pundit or blogger supporting any of the other Republican candidates, pointed out how unfair and arbitrary Fox’s move is? That’s a sincere inquiry: I’d be happy to find that the answer was “yes,” but I suspect it’s actually “no.” Fair play is for wusses
Author: Mark Kleiman
Professor of Public Policy at the NYU Marron Institute for Urban Management and editor of the Journal of Drug Policy Analysis. Teaches about the methods of policy analysis about drug abuse control and crime control policy, working out the implications of two principles: that swift and certain sanctions don't have to be severe to be effective, and that well-designed threats usually don't have to be carried out.
Books:
Drugs and Drug Policy: What Everyone Needs to Know (with Jonathan Caulkins and Angela Hawken)
When Brute Force Fails: How to Have Less Crime and Less Punishment (Princeton, 2009; named one of the "books of the year" by The Economist
Against Excess: Drug Policy for Results (Basic, 1993)
Marijuana: Costs of Abuse, Costs of Control (Greenwood, 1989)
UCLA Homepage
Curriculum Vitae
Contact: Markarkleiman-at-gmail.com
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