Archive for the ‘publicPolicy’ Category
Tuesday, November 16th, 2004
Briefly: I saw The Magnetic Fields perform on Boulder campus. A good band, not rock-n-roll, and they don't seem to like performing, but quite talented. The opening act, Darren Hanlon, was quite good. He reminded me of Jonathan Richman, and when I commented on this to the ...
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Thursday, July 22nd, 2004
I was biking home from work the other day, and a two kids, 6 and 9 years old, I'd guess, were riding toward me on "my side" of the street. Amused, I go the the left side, and suddenly they turn around on their tiny bikes, and say "Let's ...
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Wednesday, January 7th, 2004
If airlines were free to provide their own security, I wonder if they'd choose to train their pilots to use guns, and have them carry on the planes. John Lott wrote a good article about this. Lott concludes:
About 70 percent of the pilots at major American airlines have ...
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