Kevin Drum, who has been a Clinton supporter until now, isn’t pleased with the latest nonsense.
Since I’m fully aware of my inability to be fair to Hillary Clinton, I’m glad to have whatever external validation I can get. Kevin Drum has been, on balance, pro-Clinton. Until now.
I now expect that the Clinton machine, having done the dirty work, will back off for a while. And I hope that, if Obama gets the nomination, not too much of the slime will stick, and that if HRC gets the nomination most of the people grossed out by her campaign so far will forgive, if not forget.
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)
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Curriculum Vitae
Contact: Markarkleiman-at-gmail.com
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