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Innocent Until…?

David Z | October 31, 2007

There’s an interesting (but lengthy) piece in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that covers broadly many of the problems that exist in our justice system. It is at once one of the more fascinating pieces I’ve read in quite a while, and one of the most frightening. ‘Tis the season, I suppose. If you [...]

Critical Illness Insurance and Socialized Health Care

David Z | October 30, 2007

In July 2007 issue of Best’s Review, if you have a subscription, you’ll find an article called “Critical Care,” which discusses the current and potential future market for critical illness insurance, either as a supplemental rider to an existing health insurance policy or as a stand-alone. One comment that struck me as odd appears [...]

“Shit, I do business like this all the time to get companies into the area.”

David Z | October 30, 2007

Apparently oblivious to what is not seen, Representative John “I expect to be in the fucking leadership!” Murtha (D-PA) declares that the product of the rent-seeking that occurs in his district is both beneficial and necessary:
Mr. Murtha underscored this point at a breakfast fund-raiser held for him this summer. “This is about jobs,” he [...]

American Gangster

David Z | October 29, 2007

“There have been no screeners sent out to members of the academy so that’s 100% impossible as the cause of how this leaked,” says Michael Moses, a Universal Pictures spokesman.
American Gangster premieres this coming Friday. Nobody seems to know how the movie leaked. I saw it yesterday in DVD quality, through a friend [...]