by Peter Venetoklis | May 23, 2018 | Drug Policy, Opinion
As pot legalization continues to move apace, I’ve started to notice a greater frequency of assertions about the benefits of pot or cannabidoil, and a greater frequency of rebuttals to assertions about the efficacy of marijuana for medicinal and health purposes....
by Peter Venetoklis | May 22, 2018 | Culture, Politics
The latest allegation in the perpetually sordid deconstruction of this past election is that the FBI planted a mole inside Trump’s campaign. Concurrently, a preview of a pending report by the Inspector General is said to slam the FBI for foot-dragging its review...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 18, 2018 | Culture, Politics
It is said that there are no atheists in foxholes. The implication therein is, of course, that times of stress and personal risk bring out the truth in each of us. While noted atheist Penn Jillette has offered a rebuttal that there are only atheists in foxholes,...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | May 16, 2018 | Culture, Opinion
Amid serial denouncements of the sexual predation of men in high power, an important aspect has been missed: the degree to which these scandals have been failures of the legal system. Wealthy sex beasts like Harvey Weinstein and Bill Cosby were able neutralize rape...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 15, 2018 | Culture, Drug Policy, Economics, Opinion, Politics, Taxation
Yesterday, the Supreme Court struck a blow for federalism and states’ rights in its decision to overturn a federal prohibition on sports gambling. In Murphy v NCAA, the Court ruled that the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) violated the...
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