Archive for November 9th, 2008
Sheldon Richman on tacit consent
Sunday, November 9th, 2008Sheldon Richman wrote a good post about social contracts and tacit consent, which are attempts at justifications for Statism that cannot stand up to even the most basic and off-the-cuff libertarian objections. ...this got me thinking about the curious principle of tacit consent. Here are the thoughts I jotted down today. ...
Quote of the day
Sunday, November 9th, 2008"I was not meant for the job or the spotlight of public life in Washington. Here ruining people is considered sport." —Vince Foster
Merck’s lies about Vioxx and the FDA
Sunday, November 9th, 2008Merck's anti-inflammatory pain-reliever Vioxx was the most widely used drug to be pulled off the market, which Merck was forced to do in 2004. The biggest story about Vioxx is that Merck suppressed and manipulated data to make Vioxx seem less risky than it was. But when people started having ...