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Healthcare just got (a tad) less expensive

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

Apparently there is an easy at home cure for tennis elbow which will run you all of $20 instead of expensive treatment hours with a specialist.
While this will probably only lower the nations healthcare bill by some %0.001 or something, whatever new healthcare system we get should be encouraging discovery and development of techniques such [...]

Some More Opinions on Tires

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

From the Economist
From economist Brad DeLong
From the New York Times
And for completeness, the AFL-CIO (yes the jobs have been lost but is this an effective way of creating net more employment or does it hurt employment and consumers as well).

Prepare to Pay More for Tires

Monday, September 14th, 2009

The Obama administration decided on September 11th to put steep tariffs on China tires.  The measure was at the behest of the US Steelworkers Union and, notably, opposed by the US tire industry.
The rationale was not a specific accusation of dumping or market manipulation, but rather a “safeguard” clause which seems to apply only to [...]

9/11

Friday, September 11th, 2009

It rained hard the night of September 10, 2001.  My friend Tim and I went to see Apocalypse Now Redux at the Astoria, New York City’s largest theater.  The rain was torrential and we ran along 44th Street from awning to awning to get to our destination.  The inside of the theater was over air-conditioned [...]

Obama’s Health Care Proposals

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

I didn’t listen to the speech, but here’s an analysis by a friend of mine who studies healthcare for a living.
From Healthcare Economist

Obama’s Health Care Speech Critique
September 9, 2009 in Current Events, Public Policy

Today, President Obama made a speech calling for healthcare reform. To sum up, Obama is proposing:

creating a health insurance exchange,
an [...]

Idiotic Sex Offender Laws

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

While the Philip Garrido’s of the world are able to hide kidnap victims for years, precious resources are wasted on supposed sex offenders like the 17-year described below, who on the suggestion of a classmate gave him a blowjob during a movie in a darkened classroom.  This New York Times article describes the resource problem:
“The [...]