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...contrast, some French anti-burkists argue that wearing the burka could be a safety hazard while driving at rush hour on crowded highways, for example. Likewise, if the burka remains legal, hardened non-Muslim criminals disguised as Muslim women could then be able to commit any number of crimes with great impunity. (Apparently, one such crime has already occurred.) Others have argued that because the French state outlaws walking down the street in the full monty, why can’t it outlaw its exact opposite? Yet another and more interesting argument has to with feminism and human rights...
Public health: Globalization is a public-health hazard. While the recent H1N1 pandemic was non-lethal, there is a disturbing likelihood that either a natural, fatal pandemic will occur or a biological weapon will be unleashed in the near future; global travel and trade patterns make it virtually impossible to cabin such outbreaks. Our public-health models and institutions are not geared to prepare for such a catastrophic health emergency—and yet, such an emergency is becoming more likely. Part of the answer will be research and technology, but much of the outcome will depend upon planning...
...contaminated by ash from an Icelandic volcano," she says. "I had no idea what was happening. Some of the passengers were nervous, especially those flying on to Canada." Wangmo's flight was one of the last to land at Heathrow on Thursday. (Read "Why Iceland's Volcano Is a Hazard for Air Travel...
...fund it, Democrats use taxes and accounting gimmicks. Not only could the new revenue sources have instead been used to fund better ends like healthcare vouchers or lowering the deficit, but they are also unrelated to the systemic causes of high health care costs (like moral hazard caused by the incentives of the current fee-for-service system and the lack of preventive care). The idea that the alleged deficit reduction comes from bending the cost curve in any meaningful way is breathtakingly disingenuous...
...brought into University Health Services because of alcohol related issues, he or she would not face disciplinary action from the school for consuming alcohol. No program condemning binge drinking can ever work without negative ramifications for doing so. It’s the principle of moral hazard: someone who is insulated from risk will behave differently than if they were exposed to a risk. DAPA can preach until they are blue in the face, but if there are no real consequences to binge drinking, then college student will continue to partake...