Posts by Kim Krawiec

The latest black market body parts scandal is here. Admittedly it's not the body parts use case I generally imagine when it comes to black market biological material:  A former…

Is here, via Al Roth. See my prior discussion here.  More on medical aid in dying[image or embed]— Kim Krawiec (@kimkrawiec.bsky.social) April 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM

The House Ways and Means Committee has published a Request for Information on the Activities of Tax-Exempt Organ Procurement Organizations. The screenshot below of page 3 is probably enough for…

I asked ChatGPT to describe what it knows about me from conversations so far. The results were both fawning (which I appreciate -- flattery will get you everywhere!) and hilarious.…

Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek and Peter Singer have a guest opinion piece in Monday's New York Times, "There’s a Lesson to Learn From Daniel Kahneman’s Death:" On March 19, 2024, we…

Science has the story, and Al Roth comments.  When I present papers on transplantation and the kidney shortage (like this one), I often get questions about the future of xenotransplantation,…

Is here. Discussion of the earlier Harvard Faculty letter can be found here  and here. Download Statement of 68 UVA Law Professors

The always-thoughtful Peter Jaworkski discusses a recent piece in the Toronto Star on paid plasma in Canada   The Krever Commission also “warned” against relying on imports.As I say in…

Taking a page from Ilya Somin, who usually posts his speaking engagements at the beginning of the semester, I’ve been meaning to do the same, but am only just now…

“"The county tax collector’s office announced on Monday that it had “uncovered a network of appointment scalpers” benefiting from access to motor vehicles offices by “hoarding free appointments and reselling…