If you’re even slightly an economic geek, you’ll enjoy this funny post by Brad DeLong, discussing how different economic thinkers would react to rich folks paying poor folks to wait in line for them. Then, to extend the fun, you can go read this (unintentionally?) hilarious article by Steven Landsburg, arguing that lines would be more efficient if newcomers went to the front of the line, rather than the back..
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I've previously argued you could reframe prison abolition as "tough on crime." Our prisons are currently a hotbed of uncontrolled…
Ironically you could take the standard Republican rant about immigrant violence and just replace the word "immigrant" with "immigration enforcement…
The only reason that Ross is not in jail awaiting trial for murder is the Republican's soft on crime policies.…
Another NYT video syncing up different videos to clarify what happened.
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@beth My immediate reaction is that someone will commit (or just confess to) some random crime, go to prison, and…