In his three terms in office, New York City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg has removed salt from restaurant tables, banned the use of trans fats, is still trying to ban large sugary drinks from being sold (by some businesses, but not all), thinking about how he can prevent people from using ear buds too … [Read more...]
European markets plummeted today as news spread of a new bailout plan that includes taxing bank deposits. LONDON (Reuters) - The surprise decision by euro zone leaders to part-fund a bailout of Cyprus by taxing bank deposits sent shockwaves through financial markets on Monday, with shares and the … [Read more...]
From the fine folks at the ACLU: The United States has become a global outlier in its over-reliance on incarceration. Our soaring incarceration rates are, by now, a familiar statistic, expressed in any number of shocking formulas: the U.S. has less than 5 percent of the world’s population but over … [Read more...]
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