After nearly two decades of bloodshed, meaningful progress is finally being made towards a conclusion of the war in Afghanistan. Negotiations with the Taliban in Qatar have achieved an uncommon consistency. On the domestic front, a bipartisan resolution matching the Taliban’s proposed timeline has emerged in the U.S. Senate. The main voices opposing peace originate from within the Pentagon and the Afghan National Unity Government.
The Madness of King Donald’s Drug Policy
If you attempt to smuggle heroin into Indonesia, where I happen to be writing this sentence, and you are caught and convicted of doing so, then you will be subject to the death penalty. There are other places in the world as well where smuggling drugs is, by law, a...
