Matt Yglesias has written a handful of very smart posts on barber shop regulations which are a pretty good examination of public choice theory. Today he goes a step further and discusses the problems with healthcare cartelization, riffing off this post by Adam Ozimek on why liberals should care about occupational licensing. Here’s Ozemik: For …
Howard Dean is wrong
See what I mean about the Democrats? P.S. Ted Olson is right. P.P.S. I got the video link from Glenn Greenwald and you know what, I didn’t even notice it was Breitbart TV. I would definitely withhold judgment until there’s verification that this is Dean. Also, the thread winner goes to Gen. Jrod and his …
Abortion and High Broderism
I’m going to put this whole thing under the fold. For those of you who don’t want to talk politics, the Carolina Chocolate Drops kick ass.
One more post on Ground Zero
Scott Payne has a really good interview with Aziz Poonawalla of Brass City over at The League. Here’s Aziz: I think that the Muslim American community didn’t ask to be included in Park51′s project, but we have been dragged into it forcibly. In some ways it would be a relief if the issue went away. …
Going Galt on Mars
Ray Bradbury wants to go back to the moon so that we can colonize Mars, but first: “I think our country is in need of a revolution,” Bradbury said. “There is too much government today. We’ve got to remember the government should be by the people, of the people and for the people.” I’m pretty …
The problem with marijuana cooperatives
Mark Kleiman, in the comments, objects to my framing of his argument against commercial sales of marijuana, and points to this passage in his original piece: On the cannabis front, my plea is for a “grow-your-own” policy: consumers would be allowed to cultivate pot for their own use, to give it away, or to join …
Just say no to prohibition
This doesn’t make any sense to me. Mark Kleiman argues that pot should be legal to grow and use and give away but not to sell commercially. His reasons? Because it’s bad for you, like beer is bad for you. And because the Marijuana lobby would be really, really bad. (Note, Kleiman does not propose …