Winds blogchild M. Simon has been rolling lately. Here are a few examples:

• The Brown Acid - Quality Control in a Free Market. Discusses the safety of pharmaceutical drugs, the (lack of) openness about ill effects, the problem of "regulatory capture" by special interests, and a solution that has worked. I'd like to hear more about the UL's successes and failures some time.

• Want to Fix the Democratic Party? The DNC is taking suggestions. Really.

• Kerry Talks to the Troops. In Iraq. Or rather, they talked to him when he was there. Guess what they said?

• Carnival Cruise Lines holds music festival Jam Cruise 3... then proceeds to greet its passengers at cruise end with drug sniffing dogs and arrest several passengers. Public relations at its finest.