The title doesn’t rhyme, but it does allow me to carry on two themes of last week’s post–late 80s hip hop, and unintended consequences of purportedly benevolent movements. Continue reading “One two three, the crew is called BDS”
California Gets the Gas Face
To help get everyone in the mood for this leap year’s special present–one extra Monday in the year–California gas prices shot up on Friday as “refineries switch from the winter blend of fuel to the more expensive state-mandated summer blend.” So the weekend started badly and ended worse. Continue reading “California Gets the Gas Face”
Get your money for nothing, get your votes for free
Running with the theme of taking cheap shots at Australia from afar, I turn now to a popular but short-sighted proposal to cap ATM fees in Australia. Continue reading “Get your money for nothing, get your votes for free”
Australia, you’ve got black on your face
This is a post about racism in Australia, and before I launch into that, I want to make two things pretty clear:
1) I am Australian, and
2) I am not black.
Speaking of Trabants…
My fellow traveller’s prior post about the innovative, high-quality products that result from planned economies inspired me to focus on one such product—indeed, the one he mentioned by name, the Trabant. For those who didn’t have the privilege of living in the Eastern Bloc, or are too lazy to click on the link, here’s a brief primer on the Trabant: Continue reading “Speaking of Trabants…”
And we would have gotten away with it, if it wasn’t for that pesky 13th Amendment
On this morning’s Diane Rehm Show,* discussing shortages of pediatric oncology drugs, Capt. Valerie Jensen of the FDA let slip the FDA’s apparent position on how to fix pharmaceutical shortages in the US:
We would love to be able to tell companies how much to make and what to make. It’s just not in our authority. Continue reading “And we would have gotten away with it, if it wasn’t for that pesky 13th Amendment”
NPR, Planned Parenthood, and Legal Ignorance
Legal issues are in the news a lot these days, which is frustrating for a lot of lawyers because most people know squat about the law. It’s additionally frustrating because a lot of the people talking about the law on the news should be better informed than their statements reveal them to be. Continue reading “NPR, Planned Parenthood, and Legal Ignorance”
Mic check
This is apparently a thing that we’re going to do here.
I very much enjoy writing, and I also very much enjoy arguing about things. Politics, certainly, also culture, and sometimes about how sweet potato fries are just horrible. Really, really awful. Continue reading “Mic check”