by Mary Emily O'Hara. Public service is not in their self-interest. This Monday, the Drug Policy Alliance and the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies released a report titled “The DEA: Four Decades of Impeding and Rejecting Science.” Using case studies from 1972 to the present, the report argues the ways the US Drug Enforcement ... MOREReport: DEA Obstructing Research On Marijuana Benefits
by Mary Emily O'Hara. Public service is not in their self-interest. This Monday, the Drug Policy Alliance and the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies released a report titled “The DEA: Four Decades of Impeding and Rejecting Science.” Using case studies from 1972 to the present, the report argues the ways the US Drug Enforcement ... MOREJacob Sullum: Pot, Poker, and Prohibitionism
GOP becoming party of unprincipled killjoys? Mike Lee calls for "a new conservative reform agenda" based on
"three basic principles," one of which is federalism. "The biggest
reason the federal government makes too many mistakes is that it
makes too many decisions," the Republican senator from Utah
explained in a speech at the ... MORE
Drug Warriors Kill Another In No-Knock SWAT Raid
Read about your public servants in action. Gun-wielding, black-suited law enforcers busted into a home with a battering ram, terrifying everyone inside and leaving one man dead. Newly released helmet-cam video of the incident shows in graphic detail how this violent no-knock raid produced yet another casualty in the vicious War on Drugs. ... MORESean Trende: What Cantor's Loss and Graham's Win Mean
Lessons to be learned. Eric Cantor's loss in the Republican primary Tuesday night sent shockwaves through the establishments of both parties. The previously dominant "Tea Party is dead" narrative has been unceremoniously dumped. Some in the media seem to be pursuing two new storylines: “Support for immigration reform dooms ... MORE
Jamaica Decriminalises Marijuana For Personal Use
by Paul Donnelly. Government also hopes relaxation will attract tourists. Jamaica has announced its intention to plan to reform its drugs laws and decriminalize small amounts of marijuana, in a bid to attract more tourists to the island. The announcement made by Mark Golding, the Justice Minister, said that the cabinet is minded to allow ... MOREJacob Hornblower: What Does It Mean To Be Free?
From land of the free to indoctrination nation. Johann von Goethe once wrote, “None are more hopelessly enslaved than
those who falsely believe they are free.” Goethe’s statement perfectly
captures the plight of the American people in our time. That’s one of
the principal challenges that we libertarians face, for if people are
convinced ... MORE
Why Trust A Government That Kills, Maims, Tortures, Lies, Spies, Cheats, And Treats Its Citizens Like Criminals?
by John W. Whitehead. For that matter, why should anyone trust a government utterly lacking in transparency, whose actions give rise to more troubling questions than satisfactory answers, and whose domestic policies are dictated more by paranoia than need? Unfortunately, “we the people” have become so trusting, so gullible, so easily ... MORE
Andrew Napolitano: Beware A Beneficent Government
The president is an ardent progressive. This dastardly philosophy of government was brought into the American mainstream 100 years ago by a Republican, Theodore Roosevelt, and a Democrat, Woodrow Wilson. Its guiding principle is the belief that government — not individuals — is the chief engine of human progress. If that means government ... MOREJay Sekulow: The IRS's War On Free Speech
More evidence the government is not us. The Obama administration’s IRS actively attempted to enlist the FBI in its war against the Tea Party. Does anyone still think this is a “phony scandal?” Does the following scenario sound like the United States of America, the land of liberty, or does it sound like a dictatorship, a land of paranoia ... MORECalifornia Identifies Unconstitutionality Of Teacher Tenure
by Howard Blume, Stephen Ceasar. Unions squeal like stuck hogs. The ruling Tuesday by a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge that struck down job protections for teachers in California as unconstitutional will undoubtedly spawn a series of appeals that could last years before a final outcome is reached. But some contend that is too long of a ... MOREWoman Dies In Jail Because She Failed To Pay A Fine
by Brian Doherty. Jailed for her child's truancy from school. Some monstrous policy out of Pennsylvania, from Associated Press
via the Pottstown Mercury News, a land where there is
no such thing as debtors prison for the poor unless that debt is to
the government, that institution that only monsters question
because after all it's there to help ... MOREOur Police Departments Are Quietly Preparing For War
by Tyler Durdan. What if the government is not us? At first blush, the title of this post could be perceived as somewhat
hyperbolic by those who still have an impression of America’s police
departments as bastions of safety, designed “to protect and to serve” the population of the “land of the free.” However, said impression would be promptly ... MORE
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