Today is March 14. Do something well-rounded.
Circular arguments are always appropriate, and today would be an especially propitious day on which to prefer A to B, B to C, and C to A. And of course having your π à la mode will help make you more rotund.
Just imagine how round things must have been on March 14, 1592.
Author: Mark Kleiman
Professor of Public Policy at the NYU Marron Institute for Urban Management and editor of the Journal of Drug Policy Analysis. Teaches about the methods of policy analysis about drug abuse control and crime control policy, working out the implications of two principles: that swift and certain sanctions don't have to be severe to be effective, and that well-designed threats usually don't have to be carried out.
Books:
Drugs and Drug Policy: What Everyone Needs to Know (with Jonathan Caulkins and Angela Hawken)
When Brute Force Fails: How to Have Less Crime and Less Punishment (Princeton, 2009; named one of the "books of the year" by The Economist
Against Excess: Drug Policy for Results (Basic, 1993)
Marijuana: Costs of Abuse, Costs of Control (Greenwood, 1989)
UCLA Homepage
Curriculum Vitae
Contact: Markarkleiman-at-gmail.com
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The Reality-Based Community: Today is March 14. Do something circular. Circular arguments are always appropriate, and today would be an especially propitious day on which to prefer A to B, B to C, and C to A. Just imagine…