Author Archives: Pete

Some really good reading: President Obama’s war on his own ‘youthful irresponsibility’ by Gene Healy in the Washington Examiner [Thanks, Tom] Unthinkable? Repeal drugs laws — a very strong editorial by The Guardian. ONDCP on the defensive as drug war … Continue reading →

The new numbers are out from SAMHSA, so expect a variety of efforts to get the press to report that marijuana is so dangerous that more and more people are being admitted to treatment for marijuana addiction. Which, of course, … Continue reading →

Police clean out a city park. Police later hauled away 300-400 medium-sized plants that they also believed was marijuana. If fact, officers only stopped collecting the plants because it got too dark, and planned to return in the morning to … Continue reading →

Radley Balko talks about a recent O’Reilly show with Charles Krauthammer on to talk about the Missouri SWAT raid. I really loathe this about cable news. They bring in the same personalities to talk what’s going on in the news. … Continue reading →

We really made an impact here. I don’t know if he’s saying it because he thinks it’ll get the protesters off his back, or because he really does see the value of it, but it’s good either way. Via Morgan … Continue reading →

I’ve talked about how the drug czar is trying to cover up the failures of supply side drug war (and all the other aspects of the national drug control policy) by simply saying the word “balance” as much as possible. … Continue reading →

Edward Schumacher-Matos in the Washington Post: The best thing that can be said about the 23,000 people who have been killed during Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s campaign against drug cartels in the last three years is that it proves that … Continue reading →

So with the huge AP story about us having wasted a trillion dollars on a failed drug war hitting almost every media outlet this week, I was wondering when the Drug Czar would start “pushing back.” (Oh, wait, that was … Continue reading →

Family values conservative and sadomoralist Mark Souder (R-Ind) to Resign Amid Allegations of Affair With Staffer Eight-term Rep. Mark Souder was announcing his resignation Tuesday after admitting to an affair with a female aide who worked in his district office. … Continue reading →

Radley’s new crime column is another must-read. He nails New York’s finest for their arrest quotas that end up with massive infringements on civil liberties, tons of marijuana busts, and actually downplaying of real crime. An editorial that just doesn’t … Continue reading →