To hell with incarceration… January 23, 2012 From Ezra Klein: On Saturday’s edition of Up With Chris Hayes, Gary Johnson brought up an old Newt Gingrich idea I hadn’t heard before:… Continue Reading
Off with their heads January 23, 2012 Is our War on Drugs an echo of our war on coffee? Actually the first link to the NPR story isn’t the one I… Continue Reading
After watching the GOP pathologies in SC… January 20, 2012 …its refreshing to hear something sane and uplifting from a Republican in New Jersey. Continue Reading
No wonder he’s going nowhere in the GOP field October 7, 2011 Republican Presidential candidate New Mexico governor Gary Johnson defending “federalism” and one particular small business. “We have a drug war along the border that… Continue Reading
League of Women Voters forum? October 4, 2011 I just saw on the news tonight that there was a school board candidate forum held by the League of Women Voters……. They didn’t… Continue Reading
Material Party September 30, 2011 In light of my post whining about having been a pawn as a school board member comes this post from Sullivan. This quote perfectly… Continue Reading
All coked up September 21, 2011 America’s puritanical, prohibitionist laws regarding drugs are deeply flawed. I found this arresting image as I peeked back at old NPR stories I’d missed…. Continue Reading
Councilor Anderson backs away from law and order September 9, 2011 Jeff Anderson who, in preparation for his run against Chip Cravaack, was burnishing his law and order bonifides has dropped his plan to have… Continue Reading
I’ll bet the good Christians who applauded capitol punishment… September 8, 2011 …so vigorously would be happy to tell you how evil Grand Theft Auto is: I personally think prison building is a Ponzi scheme. Continue Reading
The baby girl that Ronald Reagan didn’t kill afterall August 27, 2011 I won’t mind if her Father is taken out nearly so much as was angered at her death. Continue Reading
Makes me wonder about JCI…. July 21, 2011 From Claire Berlinski – Curtesy of the Daily Dish: On the anniversary of the Haiti earthquake, Nicholas Ambraseys and Roger Bilham published an extraordinary… Continue Reading
For Vic July 8, 2011 Rather than bankrupting our treasuries, locking more people behind bars than the Chinese and exerting great pressure on Mexicans to ratchet up their drug… Continue Reading
Now that’s what I call judicial activism. July 1, 2011 I do like the feisty way Republicans challenge political correctness. Especially when their their judges get into the act. Continue Reading
Grover on the tepid defense November 15, 2010 Tim “I ain’t saying nuthin” Grover also gets his one cent in defending his heavy handed censorship. Says Tim, “On numerous occasions this year,… Continue Reading
But Republican Pundits hate Denmark October 26, 2010 One more reason to root for California’s referendum proposing to legalize marijuana. From a post on Reason.com: The numbers are staggering. In 1970 one… Continue Reading
Atticus Finch where are you? October 7, 2010 But then he was an attorney for the defense: “Significantly, of the 4,741 public disciplinary actions reported in the California State Bar Journal from… Continue Reading
Atticus Finch where are you? October 7, 2010 Oh, I forgot. You were a defense attorney. Continue Reading
Guilt as a game for lawyers June 11, 2010 For years I’ve been irritated that the criminal justice system is often more intersted in convictions than convicting the guilty. A Slate article makes… Continue Reading
Prohibition June 3, 2010 Yet another book I’ve got a hankering to read is Daniel Okrent’s Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition A sample: By 1926,… Continue Reading
