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Haymarket Laugh Riot

I don’t know how on in the world I end up on some loony email lists, but they’re at least good for the occasional chuckle.

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Incorrect correction of a correction

Wouldn’t you think that a reader’s letter correcting factual errors in a newspaper article wouldn’t be edited to delete the principal correction? Well,…

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Perverse Incentives

Government is often said to be bedeviled by “unintended consequences.” That doesn’t mean that the consequences cannot be foreseen. Two great examples…