Can anyone make sense of this story? I know it’s about two babies switched at birth. I know there was a controversial court case and a custody battle. And I know everybody’s happy now, eighteen years later. But the rest … Continue reading →
…for this: Several insurance company CEOs have been called to a meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House Friday afternoon… Here’s Jonathan H. Adler at Volokh on the legality of the change that President Obama announced yesterday: Under … Continue reading →
It’s a problem that most people are probably unaware of, but single payer virtually eliminates the ability to sue for wrongful refusal to pay claims: …[I]n a private system, wrongs happen to be sure, but we have potentially robust legal … Continue reading →
…based on a charge of fraud is made by Andrew C. McCarthy. Congress will never vote for it, of course. But the case seems strong. And in a somewhat related post, Bookworm offers the best analysis of Obama’s lying m.o. … Continue reading →
…of death panels. And Adam Goldenberg applauds. The “experts and wise community members” that make up Ontario’s Consent and Capacity Board can overrule a family’s decision about whether to continue life support for an ill member. It’s a cost-benefit ratio … Continue reading →
…after some delays. (Some puns are simply irresistible.) The evidence in DeLay’s 2010 trial for money laundering to influence an election was ruled “legally insufficient to sustain DeLay’s convictions.” In other words, the case should never have been brought in … Continue reading →
I’ve been wondering about the history of the restriction of weapons on military bases to MPs. Googling leads to the notion that it was a result of an order by President Clinton in 1993 (see also this). But that didn’t … Continue reading →
They don’t wait for facts to be known, because facts might ruin the narrative. So the news post-Navy Yard massacre has been filled with cries to ban semiautomatic rifles such as the AR-15, initially reported as having been the weapon … Continue reading →
…we’re still bitterly clinging. At least for now. Note how the article ascribes the recent sinking of the fortunes of gun control advocates to the “creaky old” tactics of the NRA, not to the deeply-held belief of the American public … Continue reading →
…to prevent the death of Buckyballs:
Continue reading →…till President Obama weighs in on this case: A man allegedly went on a rampage in Union Square on Wednesday afternoon and left a complete stranger brain-dead in the process. Police said that the attack may have been a hate … Continue reading →
Perhaps he thought the court’s sentence of life plus a thousand years wasn’t quite harsh enough. Perhaps he thought it was too harsh, and didn’t feature being behind bars for the rest of his life. Perhaps he figured he was … Continue reading →