As Anne Fuqua recently pointed out in the Washington Post, non-medical drug users accessing heroin and fentanyl in the underground drug market are not the only victims in the opioid crisis. Many patients whose only relief from a life sentence of torturing pain are...
Justice
Frederick Douglass: Lion of Individualist Liberalism
Frederick Douglass, whose bicentennial birthday fell on Valentine’s Day, is one of the great figures in American history, a hero whose legacy is celebrated even by those who might otherwise contest his actual ideas. Illustrating this truth, the New York Times marked...
Social Control Through Trauma. School Lock-Down Active Shooter Drills Are NOT About Safety
Fordham Law School Professor John Plaff posted a great twitter thread questioning the use of School shooter drills. Go read it first: This post by a schoolteacher is what he is referencing: That's just one squeamish teacher right? Take a moment to watch this ABC...
Police: We’re the Experts — Don’t You Dare Criticize Us
One of the most surprising developments in the wake of February's Florida school shooting is the willingness by many generally police-friendly commentators to denounce the lack of action by local police against the shooter. From National Review, to The Federalist,...
Police: We're the Experts — Don't You Dare Criticize Us
One of the most surprising developments in the wake of February's Florida school shooting is the willingness by many generally police-friendly commentators to denounce the lack of action by local police against the shooter. From National Review, to The Federalist,...
How Trump Interprets the Second Amendment
Take the guns first, go through due process second. --President Donald Trump
The Persistence of Tyranny
Seventy-five years ago this June, the United States Supreme Court corrected its own grave moral and legal error and ruled that the government could not compel Jehovah's Witnesses to salute the flag and take the Pledge of Allegiance at school. Justice Jackson's...
Wormwood: Watch It!
If you're tempted to believe the intel "community" about anything, watch the Netflix original "Wormwood." Jeremy Scahill interviews the director and lead actor on his "Intercepted" podcast.
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