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Fat People Cause Global Warming

I missed this when it was first published, but it turns out that fat people cause global warming!  Reports Reuters: Obesity contributes to global…

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Greenhouse Sinners Repent!

Airplanes emit CO2.  Ergo people shouldn’t fly.  To do otherwise is, well, sinful in the view of some people  Reports ABC News: Moral authorities…

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Save a Species. Eat it!

You don’t have to be a free market ideologue to realize that markets are the best means of saving endangered plants and animals.  Reports…

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Wow, Markets Work for Autos!

Who would have thought it?  Gas prices go up, and the demand for smaller cars rises.  Some cynics might even think that arbitrary regulations like…

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Ban the Smokes, Kill the Smokers

The unintended consequences of government are wonderful to behold.  Impose a minimum wage and put poor, ill-educated teens out of work.  Raise auto fuel-economy requirements,…

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About those Generic Drugs

Everyone likes generic drugs.  So do I.  Who wants to pay those shocking prices–you know, a couple bucks or even a few bucks a pill for…

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The Nonpartisan Regulatory State

To believe Democratic politicians, the U.S. has entered an era of near-laissez faire economics.  Regulatory agencies have faded away.  Uncle Sam has gone on vacation. …

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Connecticut’s Candy Police

It’s good to know that the administrators of Sheridan Middle School in New Haven are on top of their game. When two students engaged in…

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Health Care, Aisle 5!

Although Great Britain is not normally where one would think to look for ideas on health care reform, the government is going to experiment by…