Author Archives: Pete Guither

I’m off to Washington, DC to the SSDP conference, and I’ll be blogging from there as I get a chance. Just look at this amazing line-up — I’m going to have some really tough choices to make in the break-out … Continue reading →

Link An Open Letter to Bill Bennett by Milton Friedman, April 1990 In Oliver Cromwell’s eloquent words, “I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken” about the course you and President Bush urge … Continue reading →

I thought last night’s debate went exceptionally well. The crowd really seemed to enjoy it, and both debaters did a good job. Unfortunately as moderator, I had to insure an even playing field and couldn’t get into it myself — … Continue reading →

Glenn Greenwald has an interesting article at Salon this morning. While the drug war is never mentioned in it, it would certainly be implied in the premise. It’s a suggestion to the Democrats that they can expand their strength, particularly … Continue reading →

Sound like a trick question? Read Radley’s post over at Hit and Run. Courtesy of the drug war comes the concept of using crimes for which you’ve been acquitted as part of the sentencing formula. From a U.S. District Court … Continue reading →

Mexico: The death toll in Mexico’s drug war has surpassed 2,000 this year, with a newspaper editor found dead in the resort city of Zihuatanejo and a police commander assassinated in Tijuana apparently among the latest victims, according to news … Continue reading →

Eric Sterling’s OpEd in the Los Angeles Times yesterday is a must-read. He talks about the problems of our cocaine sentencing laws with the authority (and the mea culpas) of one who helped write them. On Tuesday, the U.S. Sentencing … Continue reading →

Well, I took on my biggest challenge to date. The Golden K Kiwanis Club in Quincy, Illinois is a great bunch of retired businessmen, but not what you might consider your easiest target group for promoting drug policy reform. And … Continue reading →

I’m heading out to talk to the Golden K Kiwanis in Quincy, Illinois on Monday morning about ending prohibition. On Wednesday evening, I’ll be moderating Tough Trade-Offs: The Drug Legalization Debate in Urbana/Champaign, Illinois, and on Friday, I’ll be off … Continue reading →

Monroe Anderson, in today’s Chicago Sun-Times, has It’s time to legalize marijuana in Illinois. In the past year, the pot prohibition has produced record devil-weed arrests and a bumper crop of American POWs in our nation’s prisons. In 2005, there … Continue reading →