Can somebody explain to me what the hell is going on in Jacob Sullum's latest post at Reason's Hit&Run blog? Here's the background: Last week Kansas physician Stephen Schneider and his wife, Linda, who worked as a nurse in his practice, were sentenced to 30 and 33 years, respectively, for painkiller prescriptions the Drug Enforcement Administration considered … [Read more...] about Tanya Treadway – Enemy of the First Amendment
The Only Known Requirement
There's an animated video making its way around the legal blogosphere in which a cynical older lawyer tries to convince an idealistic prospective law student not to go to law school. As a non-lawyer, I'm probably missing half the jokes, but it's still pretty funny. I was more fascinated, however, by the web site used to create the video, xtranormal.com, which provides tools for … [Read more...] about The Only Known Requirement
The Big Short, and a Modest Proposal
To my co-blogger Ken: I haven't seen you in a while, so we haven't had time to talk about any of the usual stuff, therefore I'm taking this opportunity to submit a modest proposal for your consideration. As you know, one of the areas where we disagree about economics issues is the subject of the efficient market hypothesis. I tend to believe those economists who say that the … [Read more...] about The Big Short, and a Modest Proposal
Registration Folly
All the way from Suffolk County, New York, I now present the newest trick for the legislature that has solved all other problems, the animal abuser registry: Suffolk County has officially become the first county in the nation to pass a bill to establish a public animal abuser registry. Authored by the legislature's majority leader, Jon Cooper, D-Lloyd Harbor, the … [Read more...] about Registration Folly
Rebuilding Windypundit
It's been a few years since I made any big design changes here at Windypundit, but I'm beginning to think it might be time for something different, and I'd like to ask for you, Gentle Reader, for some help. The impetus for this change is the release by Six Apart of a new major version of the Movable Type blogging engine that powers Windypundit. I tried upgrading to it … [Read more...] about Rebuilding Windypundit