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...risk of scarcity and the risk of reduced effectiveness are both excellent arguments for discouraging people with no known exposure to anthrax from stockpiling Cipro. So why are these reasons downplayed in favor of others that make less sense? Answer: the dubious ones involve risks to you as an individual, whereas the good ones involve risks to Americans as a society. Cipro is a classic example of the democratic dilemma known as "the problem of the commons." This refers to situations in which we would all be better off if we all did one thing but each...
...make everybody--including you--a lot safer by trying to make you and yours a little bit safer than everyone else. Yet even in the midst of a nationwide flag-waving orgy, this is an argument our government and political leaders don't make. They apparently believe that even dubious appeals to self-interest are more likely to work than valid appeals to concern for the common good...
...seem especially prone to this disparity. A successful biographical film must take advantage of at least one of several saving graces: superb acting, historical interest, surpassing cinematographic treatment or a truly remarkable real-life epic. The following are salient examples of biographical films that have done this; it seems dubious that Riding in Cars will live up to their legacies...
...despite these advantages, House e-mail lists, as with any innovation, have invariably attracted their fair share of criticism. Many complain that House lists send nothing but spam, cluttering inboxes with piles of unwanted messages. Others are dubious of any useful purpose for the e-mail lists. But for all of the critics’ whining and pessimism, there remains a simple remedy for these problems. Those who do not wish to participate in the e-mail lists can either delete the unwanted messages or unsubscribe from the list. Thus, only those who wish to participate in the e-mail...
...annals of collegiate tomfoolery this incident is bound to be remembered. The attention that the number has generated will only increase as the year progresses. There are, however, negative consequences to their dubious claim to fame. The girls admit that they are aware of “jealously among other girls” and feel that the “mystique” does have its drawbacks. Whatever the negative implications of this uncanny “coincidence,” one cannot deny the appeal of having such a groovy phone number...