Julian Sanchez via Newsweek: we now take for granted that the interstate-commerce power constitutes a blank check, not just when Congress seeks to rectify gross historical iniquity, but for such purposes as overriding state decisions to permit local cultivation of medical marijuana. I wonder how quickly the classic Libertard argument that states rights is a […]

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Gene Healy via The Washingtion Examiner: Like many middle-class kids, the president briefly flirted with drug culture before putting away childish things and becoming a high achiever. (Indeed, looking at what he has achieved since, you sometimes wish pot killed motivation as effectively as drug-war propagandists claim.) The president lacks the moral authority to lock […]

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Clifford Krauss and Matthew L. Wald via The New York Times: The Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency in Louisiana announced Tuesday that, at the request of Gov. Bobby Jindal, the federal Department of Commerce had declared a commercial fisheries failure for the state, allowing commercial fishermen to receive aid from the Economic Development […]

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Randall C. Archibold via The New York Times: President Obama will send up to 1,200 National Guard troops to the Southwest border and increase spending on law enforcement, yielding to demands from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers there that border security be tightened, administration officials said. I don’t want to argue that we don’t need […]

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When our drug war causes political instability and violence in other countries, it should be taken as a sign that something isn’t right about the War on Drugs.  I’m not here to defend the actions of drug cartels and their leaders, but we must remember that before we initiated the War on Drugs, there was […]

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All those who commit unspeakable crimes for the government under the guise of National Security™ will be left alone; those who leak to the media those unspeakable crimes will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Josh Gerstein via Politico: And it reflects a surprising development: President Barack Obama’s Justice Department has taken […]

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Michael M. Grynbaum via The New York Times: And the encounters [being spat on], while distressing, appeared to take a surprisingly severe toll: the 51 drivers who went on paid leave after a spitting incident took, on average, 64 days off work — the equivalent of three months with pay. One driver, who was not […]

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About.  Fucking.  Time. Ed O’Keefe via The Washington Post: White House officials, Democratic congressional leaders and gay rights groups met on Monday to discuss a possible repeal of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. Such a reversal would take effect after the Pentagon completes a study on how to integrate openly gay service members, […]

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From a poll concerning the utter fucking lack of public support for ObamaCare released May 24, 2010: The Political Class continues to be a strong supporter of the plan, however. While 67% of Mainstream voters believe the plan will be bad for America, 77% of the Political Class disagree and think it be good for […]

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Next time you hear Obama claim that he has lowered taxes for 95% of the people, you ought to be hearing, “I will absolutely raise taxes for those making less than $250,000 a year, yet I will continue to say that I won’t because the taxes will all be hidden in everything that affects your […]

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