For some reason, the folks at Public Citizen sent me a hardcopy of their Health Letter, and at the back they have a feature titled "Outrage of the Month!" This month's example titled "More About Drug Industry Lawlessness" by Sidney M. Wolfe, M.D. is about regulatory violations by pharmaceutical companies, and it's definitely outrageous, but not for the reason he thinks. Eric … [Read more...] about The Outrageous Park Doctrine
The State of the Union in 2013
The official Whitehouse web page on the State of the Union speech asks as to give our responses, so as is the tradition at Windypundit, I have a few thoughts. In a break from tradition, however, instead of posting the whole speech, I'll just post a few excerpts Tonight, thanks to the grit and determination of the American people, there is much progress to report. After a … [Read more...] about The State of the Union in 2013
On the Significance of Mass Shooters
Over at Reason, Nick Gillespie takes a look at spree-killer (and ex-cop) Christopher Dorner's "manifesto" and pronounces it useless: If there is a message buried deep within Dorner's incoherent litany of recriminations, anger, and random name-checks, it's this: People who go on shooting sprees typically tell us very little about society at large. They are by definition far, … [Read more...] about On the Significance of Mass Shooters
ICE Agents Got That Can’t-Throw-People-In-Jail Blues
My previous post on immigration discussed the Obama administration's proposal for immigration reform. I wasn't thrilled with it, and I laid much of the problem with the abusive use of power by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.So now today I read that Chris Crane, president of the ICE employees' union, wants its agents to have even more power. [T]he National … [Read more...] about ICE Agents Got That Can’t-Throw-People-In-Jail Blues
Taking a Look at Obama’s Immigration Reform
I just got an email from Cecilia Muñoz, who is the Director of President Obama's Domestic Policy Council, outlining the administration's proposal for immigration reform. Rather than use the abbreviated description in the email, I'll use the slightly wordier summary on the Whitehouse web site: FACT SHEET: Fixing our Broken Immigration System so Everyone Plays by the Rules "So … [Read more...] about Taking a Look at Obama’s Immigration Reform