Death by prohibition. Whenever I’ve interviewed Mexican cartel killers, the aspect that I’ve found most disturbing about them is that they appear to be sane. Even though they have described to me such unfathomable actions as hacking off the heads of still-living victims, it is something other than mental illness that drives their violence. Their sanity is ... MOREIoan Grillo: Hit Mexico's Cartels With Legalization
Death by prohibition. Whenever I’ve interviewed Mexican cartel killers, the aspect that I’ve found most disturbing about them is that they appear to be sane. Even though they have described to me such unfathomable actions as hacking off the heads of still-living victims, it is something other than mental illness that drives their violence. Their sanity is ... MOREPresident Obama Jabs At Ayn Rand, Knocks Himself Out
by Wendy Milling. In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, President Obama stated, “Ayn Rand is one of those things that a lot of us, when we were 17 or 18 and feeling misunderstood, we’d pick up.” I’m not trying to mock the President here – he is just repeating an old propaganda line that was hatched by Rand’s opponents – but I have to ask the “adults” ... MORE
Dylan Scott: Pot Legalization Close To Passage In 2 States
The times they are a changin'. Barring an abrupt reversal in support among likely voters on Nov. 6,
at least two states will become the first to legalize marijuana for
recreational use. Colorado’s Amendment 64 would allow adults 21 and over to possess
marijuana and requires the state to license and regulate cultivation and
retail centers. In essence, ... MORE
Edward Cline: "Hate" Laws Are Criminal
The First Amendment should not be a felony offense. The end of freedom of speech began with the invention of “hate crimes”
as a means to deter and punish crimes committed against an individual or
members of a designated or protected “minority.” Hate crimes had their
conspicuous genesis under the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which ... MORE
Jacob Sullum: Pick Your Constitutional Poison
Obama and Romney share a disdain for civil liberties. During the final
presidential debate, the moderator asked Mitt Romney about
President Obama's policy of killing suspected terrorists, including
U.S. citizens, with missiles fired from unmanned aircraft. "I
believe we should use any and all means necessary to take out
people who pose a ... MORE50 Obama-Backed Companies Are Financially Troubled
by Micheal Bastasch. The October bankruptcy of solar company Satcon Technology Corp. puts
the number of bankrupt or troubled green energy companies as high as 50,
according to one estimate. During the first presidential debate, Republican candidate Mitt
Romney said the Obama administration had doled out $90 billion to green
energy ... MOREThe 10 Most Unexpected Marijuana Reform Supporters
by Tom Angell. With less than one week before we find out how voters in Colorado, Oregon and Washington will decide on ballot measures to regulate marijuana like alcohol, polls indicate there's a very good chance at least one of these states will make history by enacting the world's first-ever marijuana legalization law. While the movement to reform marijuana laws ... MORE Quarter-Billion-Dollar Stimulus Creates Just 400 Jobs
by Jim McElhatton. Battery maker A123 Systems
vowed thousands of new jobs when it received a nearly
quarter-billion-dollar stimulus grant in late 2009, but federal
job-tracking figures show only a few hundred positions were created
before the company joined a growing list of federally backed energy
businesses that ended in bankruptcy. ... MORE
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