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Howard Dean on Larry Lessig’s Blog

Posted: Tuesday, July 15th, 2003 @ 2:59 pm in Policy | Comments Off on Howard Dean on Larry Lessig’s Blog

Governor and Presidential Candidate Howard Dean is guest blogging for Larry Lessig. I’m impressed by the Dean campaign. I can’t say I agree with everything he’s proposing, but there’s something viscerally enticing about a man looking for a show of numbers and not just raw cash: more people behind him, not just more money from […]

Subtle Battles and Bad Strategy

Posted: Tuesday, July 8th, 2003 @ 10:24 pm in Policy | Comments Off on Subtle Battles and Bad Strategy

In a 2000 election debate, Gore attacked Bush on his gay-rights record by accusing him of being too lenient on hate-motivated criminals. Bush’s response was along the lines of “I don’t know what you’re talking about, I give those people the death penalty. How can I get any less lenient?” In one statement, Bush managed […]

Getting on the Bandwagon of Sane Regulation

Posted: Wednesday, July 2nd, 2003 @ 7:24 pm in Policy | Comments Off on Getting on the Bandwagon of Sane Regulation

In May, I took the the TGV (Train a Grande Vitesse = Very Fast Train in French) from Paris to Aix-en-Provence. A very smooth, comfortable, 900km ride in 3 hours flat, all thanks to billions of euros spent building the TGV’s high-performance rails while respecting dozens of environmental regulations. The TGV is also one of […]