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Daily Archives: February 7, 2007
Politico nails ONDCP’s Tom Riley
This is hilarious. Ryan Grim writes another good, well-researched, well-sourced article at The Politico: Bush Wants Funding Jump for Anti-Drug Ads Rated as Useless. Check out the editorial sidebar on the story at The Politico: Ryan Grim, who wrote today’s … Continue reading
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Felony Murder charges to be filed against Kathryn Johnston’s killers
According to WSBTV in Atlanta: ATLANTA — Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard plans to ask a grand jury to consider murder charges against three Atlanta police officers. The big news is not only the notice of the indictment itself, … Continue reading
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Odds and Ends
“bullet” It’s way too early to obsess about the ’08 Presidential election, but Glenn Greenwald has a fascinating post explaining why those who are quick to dismiss Rudy Giuliani’s chances are mis-reading the dynamics. And he ends it with a … Continue reading
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Drug Policy roundtable tonight
For any of my readers at Illinois State University, I’ll be leading a roundtable on current issues in drug policy tonight with the Illinois State University chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy. Wednesday at 8:00 pm in Stevenson 212.
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The Drug Czar looks forward to wasting even more of your cash
The drug czar’s “blog” is bragging about the President’s new budget which includes: an additional $30 million dollars for ONDCP’s award-winning National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign and an additional $7.5 million for random student drug testing … by “award-winning” they … Continue reading
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