Daily Archives: July 17, 2008

Obama in Rolling Stone

link The War on Drugs has cost taxpayers $500 billion since 1973. Nearly 500,000 people are behind bars on drug charges today, yet drugs are as available as ever. Do you plan to continue the War on Drugs, or will … Continue reading

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Do we really want a President operating our nuclear facilities?

It is the silly season, but this goes beyond to some kind of twilight zone. John McCain gave a speech at the NAACP convention, and authorized Dr. Ada Fisher (candidate for the House in North Carolina) to speak as official … Continue reading

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Prison community dynamics

An interesting, and possibly telling, controversy boiled up in the Illinois House yesterday… The Illinois House erupted in an angry confrontation over regionalism and race Wednesday, after a legislator from Chicago accused downstate lawmakers of wanting to stoke urban crime … Continue reading

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