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Daily Archives: November 1st, 2013

Friday Night Music, the late great Lou Reed

This is becoming an occasional feature, but this week I had to bring it back. Lou Reed was a giant of rock, and his passing cannot go unnoticed. A lot of great music, the obvious being Walk on the Wild Side, but I decided to go with Perfect Day. I found several really good versions, and since […]

Tender Corporate Consciences

Back in July the 6th Circuit turned back a challenge to the Affordable Health Care act’s birth control coverage mandate, on the common sense grounds that while Mitt Romney may think they’re people, they can’t have religions. I thought I wrote about it at the time, but can’t find the post. Anyway, this decision is […]

Personal Responsibility is for the little people

This morning’s Times has an article about the travails of Craig Zucker, who founded a company that manufactured Buckyballs. Buckyballs were very small, very powerful magnets which, as the article explains, were a hazard to children. The package contained a warning, but that didn’t stop the carnage: The product safety agency says it has reports […]