According to CNN, President Bush said that reports that his administration has considered nuclear strikes against Iraq are “wild speculation”. “And by the way, I read the articles in the newspapers this weekend. It was just wild speculation, by the way. What you’re reading is wild speculation. Which is, kind Read more…
The gang that G and I go biking with has got itself matching jerseys. This was us this morning at Peets Coffee, before 50 miles in the hills round Lake Chabot.
My Vaccines for Development blog, which I have been maintaining for a year, has morphed into a group blog on global health policy. Go take a look.
Before setting off for New York this morning, we tried a new workout at thetrack. The session is recommended by the legendary British coach Frank Horwill in his book “Obsession for Running”. Frank was the founder of the British Milers’ Club in the 1960s, which nurtured talents such as Sebastian Read more…
Today’s Guardian (27 March) includes a roundup of what the bloggers are saying about Norman Kember. (I can’t find it online). Except that I did not say what is attributed to me. The excellent Neil Hall said it, in the comments to my post.
Tim Worstall sometimes gets sloppy when he wants to score points. No individual runs the economy. No individual can. No bureaucracy, no centralized point can run the economy. The best we can hope for is that a Chancellor doesn’t screw it up. Whoever is Chancellor makes decisions that have a Read more…
The Norman Kember affair has raised an interesting question. If a citizen of a country takes risks, or otherwise makes decisions that are likely to have expensive consequences, in what circumstances should other people be expected to pick up the bill? Here are some examples of that problem on which Read more…
The Government has announced new mental health detention plans under which people who are deemed mentally ill with a condition that cannot be treated, and who have committed no crime, can be detained in Lubyanka a mental hospital indefinitely. The Government has concluded that it will not be able to Read more…
That’s a heading I never thought I would write. The Cato Institute – a right-wing libertarian think-tank in Washington – has published an analysis of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act: The DMCA is anti-competitive. It gives copyright holders—and the technology companies that distribute their content—the legal power to create closed Read more…
According to MSNBC.com the state of Mississippi has passed a law which outlaws sex toys: “A person commits the offense of distributing unlawful sexual devices when he knowingly sells, advertises, publishes or exhibits to any person any three-dimensional device designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human Read more…