[I started writing this days ago, and the story's gone stale, but I'm posting so little these days that I figured I should get it out there.] Some time ago, Radley Balko brought us the story of Sally Harpold, who bought two boxes of cold medicine within a few days of each other, thus violating Indiana's law against buying more than 3 grams of pseudoephedrine within a one week … [Read more...] about Bogus Pseudo Crimes
Bloggers Are In For Some Federal Entanglement
The AP's Deborah Yao explains: The Federal Trade Commission will try to regulate blogging for the first time, requiring writers on the Web to clearly disclose any freebies or payments they get from companies for reviewing their products. The FTC said Monday its commissioners voted 4-0 to approve the final Web guidelines, which had been expected. Violating the rules, which take … [Read more...] about Bloggers Are In For Some Federal Entanglement
Chicago Dodges a Bullet
We lost the Olympics bid. Whew. Mayor Daley will now have to find a different excuse to raise our taxes so he can funnel cash to his buddies. … [Read more...] about Chicago Dodges a Bullet
Scattershot 2009-09-28
Random shots around the web: On a per-capita basis, Jericho, Arkansas has got to be the worst-run town in the country. A lot of trouble comes from people forgetting this: "The sad truth is that the parties who seek to develop sophisticated and sensible schemes for state control quickly lose control over the administrative process to persons whose ambitions for state control … [Read more...] about Scattershot 2009-09-28
Cop vs. Nurse Over Forensic Blood Work
Via the mysterious Dr. X comes an interesting lawsuit that touches on the issue of medical professionals performing forensic tests, a subject I recently blogged about. Here's how Frank Main at the Chicago Sun-Times describes it: Lisa Hofstra said she was the "charge nurse" in the emergency room on Aug. 1 when the officer approached her at about 4 a.m. The officer requested she … [Read more...] about Cop vs. Nurse Over Forensic Blood Work