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by | Dec 8, 2024

The prescription painkiller OxyContin was released by Purdue Pharma in 1995; the six-part TV series Painkiller, created by Micah Fitzerman-Blue…

by and | Nov 24, 2024

Rent-seeking describes profit-seeking through the manipulation of the regulatory or legal apparatus rather than by  competing with others in the…

by | Nov 17, 2024

If you Google Robert F. Kennedy Jr., you’re assaulted by this nasty little description courtesy of Wikipedia: “Robert Francis Kennedy…

by | Oct 9, 2024

For some reason, YouTube has recently decided that I really like 60-second skits about banks and insurance companies. I’m not…

by | Aug 25, 2024

I am often asked how I came to support Bobby Kennedy (RFK Jr.). The answer is: circuitously. If you have…

by | Aug 11, 2024

It’s the middle of the night. Your child is tugging on their ear and crying inconsolably. It’s an ear infection….

by | Jun 9, 2024

Lina Khan, President Biden’s Federal Trade Commission chairwoman, says that she isn’t a fan of anti-consumer monopolies. That’s great; both…

by | Jun 6, 2024

The GLP-1 agonist drugs you have almost certainly heard about, with such names as Wegovy and Ozempic, are the biggest…

by | May 8, 2024

Maybe you thought we were done reporting on COVID and that we could collectively wash the memory of the most…

by | Nov 13, 2023

It wasn’t the best of news for sufferers of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). But neither was it dismal. It does…

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