…only meant to imply that they are acting like a “crooked, you know, lying group of people.” Those who express outrage at the use of the phrase, “crooked, you know,…

…physicians what they already k new, Depakote was a very valuable medication for “off-label” (unapproved uses). In the irony department, prescribing and administering Depakote for off-label uses is legal, and…

…information about products’ energy use. Label is voluntary, and Congress ordered it The Energy Star label is voluntary for products that meet certain efficiency levels, and differs from Department of…

…of Bowie’s oeuvre had provided a level of patronage that’s inconceivable for a musician of Bowie’s bent today…he spent the Nineties as a free agent, jumping from label to label,…

…high cost of American health care. I begin by explaining the origin and meaning of the “single payer” label. I will then describe the two defects in S 1129 in…

…protects the public from food-borne illnesses. It issues nutritional advice and drug labeling guidelines. It polices false medical claims on packaging and in advertisements. It safeguards about one in every…

…reported $84 of business income from his part ownership of a timber-growing enterprise.” Brooks Jackson’s marvelous site noted that the timber interest was listed under “royalties” in his 2002 and…

…as a shell corporation through which to launder lands and resources.” The U’s permanent trust fund controls roughly $600 million in royalties from iron ore mining, timber sales and other…

…made sense, and the comments frequently helped to clarify the posts. I read six or seven economics blogs fairly regularly, and have other favorites like Krugman and Mark Thoma, Crooked…

John Quiggin writes at Crooked Timber on a not new discussion on what constitutes “white working class” or “whiteworkingclass” used in media descriptions. In comments there are several who tackle…