Impartiality

I think it the wiser course to remain scrupulously neutral as between the most inspiring politician of my lifetime and Mark Penn’s latest sock-puppet.

Lots of bloggers have come out with Presidential endorsements over the past couple of days. I think it the wiser course to remain scrupulously neutral as between the most inspiring politician of my lifetime and Mark Penn’s latest sock-puppet. Otherwise some of my readers might come to doubt the objectivity of the analysis here.

If you’re looking for an endorsement, though, you can’t do better than Hilzoy’s.

Update Political endorsements are also streaming in. The junior Senator from Illinois has finally made up his mind: “It was close, but in the end I went for Obama.” If Obama continues to get the late deciders, this could be a good night for him.

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