“A party that nominates O’Donnell is a party unfit to govern.”
A party that nominates O’Donnell is a party unfit to govern.
And now that he’s said it, all of us have to repeat it from now until Election Day.
We’ve been looking for a narrative-changer. Instead of “ineffectual Democrats,” let’s talk abut “nutty Republicans.”
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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Mark, could you check that URL? It's not working (for me, at least).
How about the party that nominates Alvin Greene?
Scott, you mean the party that nominates Alvin Greene and promptly and unanimously disowns him? That party is ready to govern. Forget what it's called; something about "rats," I think.
Anonymous, the url works for me. Not sure of the problem. It's on the Atlantic website.
Huh. You're right, it's working fine now, but I swear to God it wasn't when I posted that. Sorry about that, Mark.
Good point, Mark. (Still embarrassing though.) 🙂
Yeah, elections have consequen–umm, never mind.