by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 26, 2018 | Culture, Economics, Politics, Taxation
A recent New York Post article about the appearance of corruption (or cronyism, you decide) in the state’s pension fund included a funny little nugget. The story, about Vicki Fuller, who was the funds chief investment officer and who landed a $275K per year...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 18, 2018 | Drug Policy
Years ago, before marijuana legalization started to really gather momentum, many converts to the idea of legalization put forth the notion that we should legalize it and “tax the shit out of it.” They figured that they could rationalize the switch from...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Aug 1, 2018 | Drug Policy, Politics
EDITOR’S NOTE: This essay is the second in a series on the Drug War. Part 1: Science In the [first part of this argument][1], the proposal was made that medicine should be given all latitude to study medical issues, drug addiction being one. It posited that with...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Jul 2, 2018 | Drug Policy
Many are fond of trumpeting “Science!” as the basis for rational policy, but one look at the War on Drugs’ defenestration of science tells us that, in practice, such are the minority. This is nothing new or unique. There is a long and terrible...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jul 1, 2018 | Culture, Opinion
Political Correctness, we are told, is not the bogeyman that non-liberals often portray it to be. Rather, we are told, it’s merely civility, politeness, and respect for others writ large. Horse puckey. Political correctness, and its militant sibling, social...
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