Year: 2021
Prohibitionists’ Hollow Remembrance of Sex Workers
June 2nd was International Whores’ Day (or International Sex Workers’ Day, if you prefer) and Mistress Matisse was pissed: International Whores’ Day commemorates the occupation of Église Saint-Nizier church in Lyon, France by a bunch of sex workers who were even more pissed off than Mistress Matisse. Forced to work in secrecy by the police,… Read more
A Libertarian Responds to Policy Proposals
Hi, My name is Mark and I’m a libertarian. I’ve been seeing a lot of policy ideas coming from politicians lately, and I thought it might be an interesting exercise to give my libertarian-inspired analysis of a few of them. President Joseph Biden The American Jobs Plan is going to create millions of good-paying jobs… Read more
Workin’ From Home at the Washingtonian
In an op-ed at the Washington Post, Washingtonian Media CEO Cathy Merrill expresses concern about employees not wanting to return to the office: In several group calls with chief executives, I’ve found a great sense of pride in how well our teams have done during the past year. However, we all started at a place… Read more
Fuck Off, You Spiky-Protein Asshole!
Today is Immunity Day. It’s been 14 days since my second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. As a general rule, that’s long enough for my body to have had its full immune response. Based on vaccine trial data, I should now be about 95% protected from Covid. And even if I do catch it, the… Read more
A Theft By Any Other Name
Over at The Intercept, Lee Fang complains that former Governor and Presidential candidate Howard Dean is working for the pharmaceutical lobby to discourage President Biden from giving away COVID-19 vaccine rights: Howard Dean, the former progressive champion, is calling on President Joe Biden to reject a special intellectual property waiver that would allow low-cost, generic… Read more