Author: Mark Draughn
A Letter To ATT
One of the big stories in the news these days is that the National Security Agency (NSA) is apparently collecting information about millions of telephone calls made by Americans since 9/11. They’re apparently trying to get source and destination phone numbers as well as call time and duration for every phone call made in the… Read more
Indigence Incentives
Ken Lammers is discussing the conflict of interest that exists between a criminal defendant and his court-appointed attorney when there is a cap on the fee for the case. Put simply, once the attorney has worked enough on the case to hit the cap, he’s working for free. That gives him a strong incentive to… Read more
Bought Some Drugs Today
I have a cold, and I ran out of cough medicine, so I stopped at the local Walgreens to get some more. I like to treat a cold with dextromethorphan (a cough suppressant), guaifenesin (an expectorant), and pseudoephedrine (a nasal decongestant). In other words, Robitussin CF. Of course, that last ingredient, pseudoephedrine, is a key… Read more
About Those Hawaiian Gas Price Caps…
Back in August, I told you that Hawaii was attempting to cap the price of gasoline, but that they were making a very bad mistake by capping the wholesale price. Instead of reducing the price at the pump, this would raise it, for reasons I explained in the article. I was a little nervous about… Read more
They Certainly Are Accident-Prone
I don’t normally link to Drudge, but this report makes me wonder: Police labor union officials asked acting Chief Christopher McGaffin this afternoon to allow a Capitol Police officer to complete his investigation into an early-morning car crash involving Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.), son of Sen. Ted Kennedy. ROLL CALL reports: According to a letter… Read more