Author Archives: Pete Guither

“bullet” Via Libby at Last one Speaks comes Pueblo Family Gets $230K For Mistaken SWAT Raid PUEBLO, Colo. — A Pueblo family who said masked police officers broke into their home without a warrant will get a $230,000 settlement from … Continue reading →

Via Jacob Sullum at Hit and Run… The government’s new “cool” anti-meth web site prominently links to Meth is Death, which lists these “facts”: 1 in 7 high school students will try meth. 99 percent of first-time meth users are … Continue reading →

So it’s been about a month since the administration got raked over the coals by some representatives for not spending enough time dealing with meth, and it got picked up in the media. Just enought time to come up with … Continue reading →

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Drug warrior Robert Charles has an Op-Ed in today’s Washington Times. He spouts a lot of random nonsense that has absolutely no meaning at all, and then makes this suggestion: As Afghanistan staggers under a heroin trade that could end … Continue reading →

Link President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that his government may ask the United States to extradite U.S. religious broadcaster Pat Robertson to Venezuela for suggesting American agents should kill him. [Note: Robertson made the threat after Chavez kicked out the … Continue reading →

Shorter Mark A.R. Kleiman Jack Shafer is dangerous and wrong, and I’m going to prove it by completely agreeing with every point that he makes. How bizarre. Jack Shafer says that crack was a problem and that meth is a … Continue reading →

Well, I just finished my six-weekend run of my show in Chicago. Was pretty busy over the past couple of days with strike and everything. Looks like a lot of interesting stuff happened in the past two days. “bullet” Grits … Continue reading →

At New Haven Register: Family wants answers after man’s death in SWAT raid Since his 23-year-old son, Anthony, was laid to rest Aug. 13, Andrew Diotaiuto has returned repeatedly to his grave at North Haven’s All Saints Cemetery. He sometimes … Continue reading →

Via TalkLeft comes Reefer Madness in the 8th Circuit by Doug Berman. The defendant in Chauncey, as a result of a criminal history leading to his classification as a career offender, received a sentence of 100 months after being convicted … Continue reading →