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corner.nationalreview.com - 4/1/2009
'Health and Safety'
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In my column today, and in an earlier Corner post, I've written about Britain and its health-and-safety regime. Several readers have sent me articles from yesterday's London newspapers. The story is sad -- or possibly outrageous. In the Times, the headline was, "Fire kills child, 3, and ...
The 5 Most Popular Safety Laws (That Don't Work)
cracked.com - 4/7/2009
The 5 Most Popular Safety Laws (That Don't Work)
— cracked.com — Really, is it ever possible to be too safe? Especially when it's our children at stake? Actually,... yes. Especially when the rule or law intended to make us safe is so poorly thought-out that it either does nothing but suck up public money, or creates a ... (more) The 5 Most Popular Safety Laws (That Don't Work)
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corner.nationalreview.com - 4/7/2009
Re: Auto Safety
— corner.nationalreview.com — Mark, there are surprisingly few states that actually require children to be in the back seat. What... forces parents into that decision is not so much fear of the law as fear of the consequences of Ralph Nader's air-bag mandates (see here for an ... (more) Re: Auto Safety

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Chicago Boyz:  Rush to Judgement

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Rush to Judgement
Chicago Boyz — Some of the best read bloggers have been outraged by this news item. The headline reads… “Fire kills child, 3, and parents as police prevent neighbours from trying to rescue them” If anything is going to produce outrage, it would be an account of how young and innocent lives were lost when they could have been saved. And all through a pig-headed application of the rules, to boot. But my buddy knirirr has pointed out one or two things that ...

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