Grass Roots Case
Were the Bush Administration and Congressional Republicans as committed to federalism as they are to budget deficits, then the case of Raich v. Ashcroft would likely never have come about. But they arent. So on November 29th the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Raich, which is about the ongoing conflict between states and the federal government concerning the medical use of marijuana.
Of Practices Behind Promises…
This month, the New York Attorney General’s office announced the settlement of a 30-month, 10 state investigation into the privacy practices of the online advertising company Double-Click. Besides paying the states nearly half a million dollars for investigative costs, and another nearly $2 million in legal fees to settle a separate class action suit, the company is required, among other things, to disclose its online tracking activities in the privacy policies of web sites that profile their users and submit to an independent review of its practices and policies.
Smoking is Cool Again, Thanks to Amendment 35
Tobacco users in Colorado deserve a pat on the back and heartfelt thanks.
In fact, Coloradoans who dont smoke should consider taking up the habit. You see, smoking is cool again. While probably not what tobacco tax proponents had in mind, thanks to the fuzzy logic and inherent contradictions of Amendment 35, cigarette smoking is now a civic virtue; and the anti-smoking wing of the life-style police (hereafter known as LIPOS) are just greedy people who want to deny health care dollars to children.
Peter Coors is Right
Why is it that at eighteen years an American can volunteer for military service and take up arms to kill and possibly die in the desert, but cant legally hoist a cold one in celebration upon returning home alive?
Cops need to answer now, not later
There are two extremes when it comes to the perception of the police. There are those who believe cops can never do right. There are those who believe cops can never do wrong.
Take Click It or Ticket and Stick It
The Click It or Ticket season is over, at least until the next. And while it would be nice if Colorado could say no to the seductive charms of federally sponsored, tax-dollar funded, nanny-state propaganda campaigns, this clearly is not the case.
Latest Target for DEA’s War on Drugs: Your Doctor
Colorado is one of about 30 states not operating a prescription drug monitoring program on behalf of the federal government. The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have a plan to change that. Colorado should tell the feds to carry their own water.
Social In-Security Numbers…
The Colorado legislature is on track to pass some kind identity theft bill this session. And while giving the government better tools to prosecute ID thieves and empowering victims to restore their good names is all well and good, what ID theft and fraud laws, at both the state and federal level, have failed to do is actually prevent the crime itself.
Quintana Roo, Mexico?
Only about forty percent of eligible voters turned out for Mexico’s mid-term elections on July 6th, not quite the revolutionary drama of election 2000 when Vicente Fox ended over seven decades of authoritarian one party rule by the Institutional Revolutionary party (PRI) and thousands of Mexicans crossed over the border from the U.S to vote. It was a pretty expensive show of apathy, with just over $500 million in public election funding having been handed out to the eleven parties running candidates for federal deputy in Mexico’s 500 seat lower house of congress. Those voters that did show up handed President Fox and his National Action party (PAN) a setback and at the same time gave a thumbs up to authoritarian leftist rule in Mexico.
Vicious crime, and not a peep from city
BOULDER A city made famous by its high-profile, unsolved murders. This reputation became even worse with the recent murders in downtown Boulder. How can we, as a community, sit idly by as a killer or, god forbid, killers lurk among us?
Measures Against ID Thievery
Representative Ron Paul (R, TX) wants to do something about the crime of identity theft. Of course, so do other lawmakers, whose solutions invariably involve new laws on top of old ones and a general expansion of federal intrusion into personal privacy.
Argentina Savings
The three young guys, all early thirties, are in Mexico to open a restaurant. The start up money is their combined life savings. They have a good location in a busy international tourist town on the Caribbean coast and are highly motivated. If this fails, they will have to start over, again. If this sounds like a testimony to the entrepreneurial spirit, it is — but with a twist.
