by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 1, 2019 | Drug Policy
An open-eyed look at the history of drug prohibition makes it pretty clear that the bans on recreational drugs were born of a combination of puritanism and racism, then nurtured by opportunistic politicians, selfish crusaders, and rent-seekers of various stripes. Half...
by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 29, 2019 | Guns
The aftermath of every national-news shooting in America produces a standard refrain: People who are anti-gun make strident demands for more regulation, and people who are pro-gun resist such demands. The former insist we have to “do something” to address...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Sep 20, 2019 | Election, Politics
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio just announced the end of his quixotic run at the Presidency a run for which the only large supporter to “show love” with money was the New York hotel industry. How might the Lefty Mayor and the capitalistic,...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Sep 17, 2019 | Politics
Daniel Pantaleo, the New York City police officer responsible for the death of Eric Garner in an infamous police brutality episode, has finally been fired. It took five years. He applied a fatal choke hold in violation of policy. It happened in broad daylight, it was...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Jun 23, 2019 | Culture, Drug Policy, Immigration, Opinion, Politics
When Donald Trump ran for office, there was nothing unusual about our illegal immigration issue. The height of the problem, such as it ever was, happened in 2005. We had less of an issue with illegal migration when the borders were unenforced. Then, migrant workers,...
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