Wash Park Prophet

One set of economists blame the Greek Great Depression from 2008-2016 on declining demand for Greece's exports and bad fiscal policy. P...

In my opinion, in non-criminal cases, the United States should follow the lead of the United Kingdom which repealed the hearsay rule in Sect...

Affordable housing is a big, complex, multifaceted issue. Here are some of my observations and principles that go into addressing it. ...

A recent incident calls attention to a potential gap in U.S. capabilities, even as other capabilities of the U.S. military are grossly exces...

One of the hidden but important contributors to high housing prices in Colorado (which disproportionately hurts the less affluent, even tho...

  The latest plan is to build a 173 passenger rail route more or less along I-25 from Fort Collins to Pueblo.  Speeds would likely be aro...

The struggle is real.

Today In the Colorado Supreme Court In decisions here and here , the Colorado Supreme Court holds that a criminal defendant who is conv...

There are a some common law criminal offenses which have been decriminalized in Colorado. Adultery Until recently, adultery was a cri...

In China, witch hunting starts in kindergarten. Here is an excerpt from a recent Chinese government report : Having carried out a clo...

New Hampshire has overridden the veto of its Republican Governor to become the 21st U.S. state to repeal the death penalty. Alabama ha...

The best part of going to a therapist is when you finally break down and say "Doc, I never sleep properly. I wake up feeling uneasy, w...

Usually, I write about unusual or exceptional criminal cases when I write about the criminal justice system. This post recounts the course o...

Universal genome testing for health purposes could lead to early diagnosis of serious conditions and more targeted treatments when risk fact...

It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder. - Unknown, via Candace Ellman. 

Apparently, the optimal number of major U.S. automakers is one. GM and Ford are might need to merge , which would make it the largest in th...

An alternative history story exploring this little "what if" could be quite interesting.

Why Was Change Needed? My alma mater, Oberlin College, has been having trouble fulfilling its budget needs and has been sagging in academi...

* I predict that within ten years, the automobile manufacturing company Tesla, will offer a plug in electric vehicle which, like the Chevy ...

What does economics as a discipline do poorly? 1. Fails to make clear that maximizing efficiency and aggregate output are not the only ...