Daily Archive: December 30, 2009

/// December 30, 2009

Legalize It!

The perverse nature of our ‘War’ on Drugs was never more evident than in this Wall Street Journal article. A few choice quotes:

/// December 30, 2009

File this Under: Inappropriate Historical Analogies

(cross-posted from my blog) I know this shouldn’t come as a big surprise, but the Nuge is an idiot: “I think that Barack Hussein Obama should be put in jail. It is clear that Barack Hussein Obama...

/// December 30, 2009

The worst person of 2009

So far, Joe Lieberman is edging out Glenn Beck. If you’d like to vote for the worst person of 2009, head over to my True/Slant digs and cast your ballot….

/// December 30, 2009

The nation’s pulse and other nonsense

I know that columnists rarely write their own titles but this Maureen Dowd column lives up to the awfulness of its headline. I suppose I just don’t see the nation actually freaking out as...

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