The War on Duh

In this article from the AP, former U.S. drug czar John Walters says of the War on Drugs:

Walters insists society would be far worse today if there had been no War on Drugs. Drug abuse peaked nationally in 1979 and, despite fluctuations, remains below those levels, he says.

It's true. If you look at the past 40 years of drug abuse data, identify the year in which the maximum observation occurs, it turns out every other year will be less than that. Well done, sir, well done.

SPEArt

Once a year, SPEA holds a gala where students and faculty donate items to a silent auction. The funds are then used to provide scholarships to students. One of the items on the auction block this year was "SPEArt: An official artistic tribute," by Stefanie Mojonnier. I was very flattered to see that one of the two paintings was "a tribute to Justin Ross economics." Here it is:


Beer, nachos, and pretzels. TPS readers also might recognize the example.

I won the auction with a bid of $50, a bargain at twice the price!

Congrats to Janey Wang!

For successfully defending her dissertation, titled "Redistributive Budget, Intergovernmental Transfers, and Fiscal Institutions."

Congrats, Dr. Wang!