Mt Problem Solved
Lynne Kiesling Gotta run, but happy to report that the comment/trackback problem appears to be solved. It was an anti-spam plugin that was conflicting with other plugins and causing comments and trackbacks not to show up.
May 2005
Pop The Cork, Then Pull The Plug
Michael Giberson The Supreme Court decision on interstate wine shipments (see Lynne’s comment for links) is a big win for interstate commerce, a boon to wine consumers, and a boost to boutique wineries across the country. Producers and consumers should celebrate tonight by popping the cork on their favorite sparkling wine. And may I suggest …
Supreme Court’s Decision To Free The Grapes
Lynne Kiesling Today the Supreme Court struck down the interstate wine shipment bans in several U.S. states. SCOTUSblog has the links to the decision documents. I’ve posted frequently here on the topic. According to this Wired story, By a 5-4 vote, the high court ruled that the bans involving out-of-state wineries unconstitutionally discriminated against interstate …
Mt Problem
Lynne Kiesling The gloating karma is reaching up and biting me in the butt … none of my test comments are showing up, even after several tweaks. The MT support folks and I are working on it.
Off To Colorado (darn)
Lynne Kiesling I am in the airport on the way to Colorado to teach at the PFF Institute for Regulatory Law & Economics. Experiments, technology, Schumpeter, Coase, public choice, good conversations. What more could a girl ask for? Posting volume will be a function of time availability.
Congrats To Todd Zywicki!
Lynne Kiesling Congratulations to my friend Todd Zywicki for his election to the Dartmouth College Board of Trustees. Todd is one of the smartest, nicest, most thoughtful people I know.
Follow Up On Mike’s Priority Insurance Links
Lynne Kiesling Mike also forgot to mention that we have a working paper on network reliability’s public good aspects, which draws inspiration and policy implications relating to priority insurance.
Colorado Utility Penalized $5.6 Million For Power Outages
Michael Giberson Xcel Energy has been hit with a $5.6 million penalty for power outages last summer, even as the utility is forecasting a record demand for electricity during this summer’s peak months. Despite mild temperatures last summer, there were scattered power outages along the Front Range that made Xcel narrowly miss its outage standard. …
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Order: Emergent, Unplanned, Spontaneous
Lynne Kiesling Last week while I was in nose-to-grindstone mode (and traveling too), Russ Roberts had a very nice post on the difficulties of the word “spontaneous” in “spontaneous order”, and in general the challenge that we dynamic, forward-looking, spontaneous order folks have in communicating our ideas clearly and persuasively. Like Russ, I have changed …
New Mt Installation Complete
Lynne Kiesling My fellow Chicagoan and knitter and all around hip chick, Bonne Marie Burns, is fond of pointing out that there are times when you have to boss your knitting around. Sleeve shape not turning out the way you expected? Feeling like once you’ve started a project your knitting is controlling you and it’s …