http://gazetteonline.com/local-news/education/2010/04/23/ui-law-students-get-political-tips-from-grassley
“”UI law students get political tips from Grassley
A University of Iowa College of Law class was able to get a taste of what real world politics are like.
Sen. Chuck Grassley spent an hour on Friday talking to a UI Law School class about their year-long project about about transparency and conflicts of interest in the medical field.
Grassley, who said he has worked to ensure there is legislation passed regarding transparency between doctors and pharmaceutical companies, said he loves getting a chance to talk to students about the politics behind the bills.
Joe Moser, a 24-year-old second-year law student said it was interesting to see how drafting a bill in a classroom setting was different from the real world where he said political compromises often have to be made.
Items like special interest groups, and incentives or gifts given to doctors for certain treatments from companies, and transparency between doctors and patients, are some of the topics that the class discussed during the project.
“In class we’re removed from politics, but a lot of times in the real world there is political resistance,” he said, adding that Grassley highlighted what would likely pass in their project and what would likely have to be modified.
“It was a really good reality check,” said second-year law student, 25-year-old Nick Lacina, who said he learned a lot from the senator’s visit.””
Time was, leftist writers attempted to smear conservative / libertarian thinking at an abstract level. In effect, they strained to convince the undecided that to subscribe to pro-freedom views marked one as either "stupid or evil." Well, it appears that we'll be denied the "stupid" choice henceforward. That doesn't bother me; what about you?
Freedom, Wealth, and Peace,
Francis W. Porretto
Curmudgeon Emeritus of Eternity Road