Pluralistic: Expert agencies and elected legislatures (21 Nov 2024)

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Expert agencies and elected legislatures: Legislatures are entitled to their own (political) opinions but not their own facts.
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Pluralistic: Uncle Sam paid to develop a cancer drug and now one guy will get to charge whatever he wants for it (19 Oct 2023)

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Uncle Sam paid to develop a cancer drug and now one guy will get to charge whatever he wants for it: Making billionaires, one patent at a time.
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Pluralistic: A "secure" system can be the most dangerous of all (13 July 2023)

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A "secure" system can be the most dangerous of all: Who we secure FOR – and AGAINST – reveals our true priorities and values.
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This day in history: 2013
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Pluralistic: 18 Nov 2021

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This is your Congress on drugs: Corruption kills.
Harvard is full of rich, white low-achievers: 43% of white Harvard students didn't get in on merit.
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Pluralistic: 02 Mar 2020

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My new podcast, "Disasters Don’t Have to End in Dystopia": Tired: Look for the helpers. Wired: Be the helper.
The next frontier for school censorware is spying on kids all the time: It's how we'll stop ISIS, apparently.
I'm coming to Kelowna on March 5: It's my first-ever trip to the BC interior and more than half the (free) tickets are gone. RSVP now!
Cool Mules, an investigative series on a Vice editor's cocaine-smuggling ring: From the people who brought you the stunning "Thunder Bay."
Soviet Space Graphics: Cosmic Visions from the USSR.
Apple, Nike and Dell's supply chain includes enslaved Uyghurs: Xinjiang Phase II.
Drugs Without the Hot Air: The best book I've ever read on drugs and drug policy, in an expanded new edition.
This day in history: 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019
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