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Evidence Based Policy

Lou FCD — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:16:21 -0700

Michael,

Thank you for both the original post and the subsequent information. I have in the past attempted to tackle this very issue, but unraveling the massive conflation of the separate topics drove me to frustration.

Evidence has never been a basis for policy under this administration, in any area. It is imperative for both the United States and the world at large that an about-face be made immediately.

Responses

Michael — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:35:59 -0700

The NYT published two letters in response, from Equality Now , and Professor Ronald Weitzer illustrating two very different points of view. Hopefuly evidence based policy rather than rhetoric and ideology will prevail.

More on Trafficking: The axes of evil and the search for mass destruction

Michael — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:28:44 -0700

John R Miller, former Bush Anti-Trafficking Czar at the State Department (2002-2006) has written a colourful Op-Ed in the New York Times, with the provocative title The Justice Department, Blind to Slavery. The article stated that the US Department of Justice was subverting the course of justice by blocking passage of the highly controversial human trafficking legislation which would expand federal jurisdiction over prostitution, based on conflationary theory that the two are synonymous. However Miller framed it in a way that portrayed Justice as being pro-slavery. Presumably his intention was to oil the Bill in the Senate and boost Republican votes in the forthcoming elections. Presumably his former boss would also smile favourably upon this effort.