Author Archives: Pete Guither

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I didn’t watch this round of debates – Democratic candidates dealing with minority issues: U.S. Senator Joe Biden, U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton, U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd, former U.S. Senator John Edwards, former U.S. Senator Mike Gravel, U.S. Congressman Dennis Kucinich, … Continue reading →

The United States has 5% of the world’s population… … but 25% of the world’s prison population. We lead the entire world in incarceration rates. We even lead the world in actual numbers of those imprisoned So…, and I’m just … Continue reading →

“bullet” Transform Drug Policy Foundation has a wonderful chart showing the differences between (in general) the drug policy Status Quo position and the Reform position. Here are a few samples: Status Quo position Reform position Illegal drug use must be … Continue reading →

Time Magazine reports A Cease-Fire in Mexico’s Drug War? But not really. U.S. and Mexican officials confirm that Mexico’s major rival drug-trafficking organizations, the Sinaloa and Gulf cartels, “may be trying to negotiate a truce” and come to some agreement … Continue reading →

Jon Stewart, showing the banner Joseph Frederick held up on that snowy day at the Olympic torch relay, along with video of the large Olympic torch… “If Jesus had a bong, that is totally the lighter that He’d use.”

Imagine having an employee who was completely incompetent. Everything this person did on the job was a disaster. He failed to do the proper research or listen to his co-workers who had. He pushed through his own agenda despite all … Continue reading →

Congratulations, Joseph Frederick! At age 18, Frederick was fed up with his lack of rights as a student and decided to shake things up a bit. Take a provocative nonsense slogan from a surfboard, put it on a banner, and … Continue reading →

Could be any day now for the decision in this Supreme Court case. Will it be a victory for free speech and the rights of students to have a life that isn’t controlled by the schools? Will it be the … Continue reading →