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Finally, an article against bans on texting whilst driving:

Now think of this poll showing a widespread opposition to texting while driving. I submit that you would get similar results from a poll that asked people about the right to drive:

Do you support or oppose the right of everyone to own 4,000-pound heaps of steel and control them completely and autonomously at top speeds in the midst of thousands of other citizens whose lives could be in danger with so much as a slight flick of the wrist to the right or left?

That question could elicit nearly 100% negative results. We generally trust our capacity to manage ourselves but we do not trust the capacity of others to manage themselves. And we surely don’t believe that society can generally function well under conditions of freedom. Even though we live in the midst of spontaneous order and use its brilliance every day (grocery store, the world wide web, restaurants, housing developments), we don’t really understand it.

While we were promised that they would eventually be repaid possibly at a profit, CIT has now declared bankruptcy with the intent of transferring asset ownership to debt holders. Atanamis‘ commentary: This means that the $2.33 billion in preferred stock that the US government purchased are now most likely worthless. Government funds were wasted because those spending the money are not held accountable for the results of their actions.

N.F.L. Seeks Congressional Help on Drug Policy:

Roger Goodell, the commissioner of the N.F.L., took the unusual step Tuesday of asking Congress to change federal labor laws to prevent states from interfering with the league’s efforts to enforce its banned substances policy.

A step forward for the peoples of the world – domain names beyond Latin script