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...Harvard Economics Lecturer Jeffrey Miron! You recently advocated legalizing all drugs on CNN. Even if legalization is the only way to stop the violence, don’t you think that drug use would also increase if drugs were legalized? “I think it’s plausible we would see a moderate increase. But all of the heavy users are already using, so most of the increase will be in moderate usage. And there would be quality controls for the drugs, similar to the current ones on alcohol and tobacco...
...unfortunate development that there will be no official programming during January 2010. Given the administration’s prior outline of an exciting “January Experience,” we had been hopeful that students would have options for a productive use of their new extended free time, regardless of whether they chose to stay on campus. Instead of providing opportunities, however, the administration’s plan will actually limit the options of many students...
...invited the American leader for dinner in Prague Castle, Obama wasn’t afraid to tell him that he had better plans. He knew where his priorities lay; dinner with Michelle at a top restaurant with a view of Prague was evidently a much more productive use of his time than appeasing the self-importance of a fellow president who had backed the wrong horse. (Of course, Obama expressed his refusal in much more delicate terms...
...use some pretty tough language with your callers. Sometimes you call them "brats" or "whiners." Saturday Night Live even spoofed the way you talk on the air. What do you say to people who think you don't show much compassion or sympathy...
...very language we use to describe the Vermont vote cheapens the historic nature of the moment. On the afternoon of April 7, the headlines on the websites of several publications-including the Washington Post, Fox News, USA Today, and Chicago Sun-Times-were identical: "Vermont Legalizes Gay Marriage." (Read "A Gay-Marriage Solution: End Marriage...