A few of days ago, defense lawyer Mark Bennett tweeted an interesting thread about how loss aversion bias could affect a criminal defendant's decision to take a plea deal:https://twitter.com/NoLongerBennett/status/1057661072579223552(If you're interested, read the whole thread.)For as long as I've been following criminal defense lawyers on the web, they've … [Read more...] about Model Justice — Part 1
It Sometimes Begins with Virginia Postrel
Reason magazine is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and a bunch of the staff are sharing their libertarian origin stories. I think I'll share mine.The first time I remember hearing the word "libertarian" was when I was in high school in 1980 and Ed Clark was running for President on the Libertarian ticket. I remember that he wanted to legalize all drugs, and I … [Read more...] about It Sometimes Begins with Virginia Postrel
Why I’m Posting About Jack Marshall Here
Over the last few weeks, I've been doing a series of posts responding to things that Jack Marshall writes in his Ethics Alarms blog. I'm getting a bunch of mini-rants out of my system, in the hope that it will help me end my obsession with his blog. I've been slacking off on the posts lately, so I think I'm almost done.Meanwhile, Slickwilly left this comment on an … [Read more...] about Why I’m Posting About Jack Marshall Here
Facebook Lawsuit Isn’t Going to Help Sex Workers
I'm a big fan of Reason writer Elizabeth Nolan Brown, but I think I disagree with her take on this development:https://twitter.com/ENBrown/status/1047984875779883008Some people were upset that Brown was apparently applauding an attempt to shut down advertising by sex workers, through the now-familiar subterfuge of claiming to be fighting "sex trafficking." But … [Read more...] about Facebook Lawsuit Isn’t Going to Help Sex Workers
Jack Marshall Watch – Special Ethics Abdication Edition
Lately, Ethics Alarms has been pretty much all about the Kavanaugh confirmation shit show, and I'm just sick of writing about it, so as a change of pace, I'd like to revisit one of Jack Marshall's posts from January of 2016, and especially one of his responses to a comment that has stuck with me as an example of Jack at his worst.In the post itself, Jack took on Univision … [Read more...] about Jack Marshall Watch – Special Ethics Abdication Edition