Daily Archive: July 5, 2011

I spent about 20 minutes today going back-and-forth with the girlfriend as to what Geithner and the President could be talking about when they speak of restoring confidence to the markets. We’re more or...

Ten years ago, Portugal decriminalized drugs, including “hard” drugs like cocaine and heroin. Since then, drug-related crime is down substantially, addiction is down, and drug-related health problems (i.e., infections from unsterilized heroin needles) are...

Greetings, fellow ordinaries.  Many of you know me as a frequent guest poster and relatively neutral member of the commentariat.  Here is my back story: I was born in 1984, grew up outside Boston,...