In Memoriam: Thomas C. Schelling
On Tuesday I spoke at the University of Maryland memorial service for my teacher and friend Tom Schelling, who died last year at the age of 95. The photo above was on the dais. I didn’t speak from a text, but this is something like what I said: … Read more »
Is the Trump Administration Set to Crack Down on Cannabis Sales?
Sean Spicer alluded to major changes in drug policies, but the status quo is going nowhere. Here’s how we can do better.
House Ethics Oversight: What Just Happened?
1. The House Republican conference, in secret, voted overwhelmingly to dismantle ethics oversight so Members could more easily get away with corruption. 2. Bob Goodlatte and his accomplices knew this attempt was shameful; otherwise they wouldn’t have tried to do it with surprise and stealth. 3. The House GOP leadership claimed to be against it but was… Read more »
Why Donald Trump is Not a Traitor
John Shattuck, who as a lawyer ought to know better, says that Donald Trump’s actions with respect to Russia “raise the specter of treason.” Now, I bow to no man in my hatred and contempt for Orange Julius Caesar, and I fully support Shattuck’s demand for an investigation of foreign interference and other misconduct in the… Read more »
Experimental Findings on HOPE Probation System
In light of the impressive success of the Hawaii HOPE program, which brought attention to the application of Swift-Certain-Fair (SCF) principles in community corrections, and the spread of such programs nationally, the Bureau of Justice Assistance authorized a large-scale, four-site field trial (the Demonstration Field Experiment, or DFE) to examine how well such a program would do in… Read more »
