Month: September 2011
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“Why won’t these people just go away?”
(Who are they? Part VI)In what I think is the question of the day, Andrew Stuttaford asked “Why won’t these people just go away?” after contemplating the latest proposals from the usual “experts” to tax junk food and regulate commercials to save the children. Another study by Steven Gortmaker from Harvard University’s school of public health, concludes that the response…
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“We are bankrupt” (And other things candidates can’t say….)
While Gary Johnson is the only candidate I have endorsed, I am a realist about his chances of winning the nomination. However, that does not mean I shouldn’t reiterate my support, especially right now, when he is being inexplicably shut out of the debates. And I do mean inexplicably, for he is excluded despite the…
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Blacks In Government: End Drug Prohibition
Reason Magazine has the story: A group representing black government employees, including a former DEA agent and member of the U.S. Marshals, has released a petition calling for an end to the drug war. Authored by Matthew F. Fogg, a retired DEA agent, the Blacks In Goverment (BIG) petition calls for a “Federal investigation for…