Tag Archives: cocaine

Minor Scandals Can Help

Posted on September 1, 2008 by Lee

Apparently the teenage pregnancy of Sarah Palin’s daughter Bristol has excited social conservatives even more about the candidate (for the when-it-counts demonstration of opposition to abortion). According to Grover Norquist, the soc-cons are “over the moon” in their support. That’s … Continue reading →

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The Vicious Side of Jamaica

Posted on August 9, 2008 by Lee

A convicted cocaine dealer in Florida isn’t going to be deported to her native Jamaica, on grounds of the violence she would likely suffer for her lesbianism. It’s not very commonly known by the general public in this country, but … Continue reading →

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Seeking Justice

Posted on February 19, 2008 by Peg

Attempting to achieve absolute equity and fairness in our justice system is impossible.  I could list a dozens reasons why this is so – and I doubt that many would seriously argue with me that it is so. Still, that … Continue reading →

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Breaking Terrorism Markets

Posted on February 13, 2008 by Lee

Douglas Farah notes that with the Al Qaeda leadership now dead or in flight from Iraq, we might be on the verge of a replication the experience of the Andean drug wars of the 1980s. In that situation, the death … Continue reading →

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