Aug 3, 2004
Self-Promotion
Forgive the self-indulgence, but I thought I might direct L&P readers to several articles I've written over the last week or so:
1) The Los Angeles Times ran an op-ed of mine last Friday which Congress to adhere to the Constitution, and vote on Medicare's decision to fund obesity treatments -- which basically amounts to a vast new entitlement, potentially more expensive than the prescription drug benefit. Since the Times requires registration, you can read the piece on the Cato website here.
2) Also last week, I wrote a piece for Tech Central Station on how laws aimed at curbing drinking and driving are chipping away at common criminal protections, most notably the presumption of innocence.
3) My latest FoxNews.com column poses a series of questions to President Bush and Senator Kerry that I haven't yet seen asked of them. It's a follow-up to my previous column, which posed similar questions to Vice President Cheney and Sen. Edwards.
4) Finally, I wrote another piece for Tech Central yesterday, which looks at Sen. Patrick Leahy's contradictory positions on dairy. He's prescribing milk as a partial solution to the childhood obesity problem, authoring legislation that would require public schools to serve more milk with school lunches and in school vending machines. Of course, at the same time, he's insisting on nationwide price supports to keep milk expensive, and to keep the diary industry happy.
1) The Los Angeles Times ran an op-ed of mine last Friday which Congress to adhere to the Constitution, and vote on Medicare's decision to fund obesity treatments -- which basically amounts to a vast new entitlement, potentially more expensive than the prescription drug benefit. Since the Times requires registration, you can read the piece on the Cato website here.
2) Also last week, I wrote a piece for Tech Central Station on how laws aimed at curbing drinking and driving are chipping away at common criminal protections, most notably the presumption of innocence.
3) My latest FoxNews.com column poses a series of questions to President Bush and Senator Kerry that I haven't yet seen asked of them. It's a follow-up to my previous column, which posed similar questions to Vice President Cheney and Sen. Edwards.
4) Finally, I wrote another piece for Tech Central yesterday, which looks at Sen. Patrick Leahy's contradictory positions on dairy. He's prescribing milk as a partial solution to the childhood obesity problem, authoring legislation that would require public schools to serve more milk with school lunches and in school vending machines. Of course, at the same time, he's insisting on nationwide price supports to keep milk expensive, and to keep the diary industry happy.