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...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 14, 2018 | Culture, Opinion
Every so often, I read a story of a police raid gone wrong. Sometimes, it’s a ‘wrong house’ situation, sometimes it’s an unfortunate outcome of someone ‘swatting’ someone else, sometimes it’s overzealousness on the part of an...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 6, 2018 | Culture, Economics, Environment, Opinion, Politics, Taxation
The arc of Bernie Sanders’ presidential candidacy coincided with an effort to rehabilitate the word “socialism.” It was somewhat successful, in that, nowadays, it’s not nearly as off-putting a term as “fascism” or...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Apr 24, 2018 | Culture, Drug Policy, Economics, Opinion, Politics
The State, in using its carceral system to support its continued carceral endeavors in order to serve the interests of the incarcerators, has created a terrible feedback loop. Since the Clinton administration, America’s carceral system has been driven by...
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