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• Commented on Jack Evans Hops Aboard a SmartBike at Bike Lane Unveiling
  BMJ agrees. Helmets reduce injury. http://bjsm.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/43/Suppl_1/i56 And Injury Prevention says helmet laws increase helmet use. http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/8/1/42.abstract I'll be the first to admit that there's an autonomy argument against the helmet laws, but you have to recognize that that autonomy has...
• Commented on Jack Evans Hops Aboard a SmartBike at Bike Lane Unveiling
  Helmets do help. NEMJ says "riders with helmets had an 85 percent reduction in their risk of head injury." http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/320/21/1361? There's lots and lots of data on this....
• Commented on The WaPo on Hipsters and Target and Columbia Heights
  But, MH, that would be providing *context* and *history* for a piece in the newspaper. It might have required a minor in american history, having read Jane Jacobs, and possibly having glaced at demographic charts. It's so much easier to...
• Commented on BREAKING: Two People Shot, One Fatally, at the U.S. Holocaust Museum
  Second that, Kev. DCist, I expect you'll let us know if there's a public memorial service for Mr. Johns?...
• Commented on Jim Graham v. Maryland Drivers: Round Two
  Seriously, what part of you're a block from my house alone in an SUV approaching two sequential red lights and a traffic jam, I'm in a crosswalk don't speed up it's a f*ing felony to hit me knowingly with your...