Month: March 2013

I’m With Aqua Buddha

One thing I agree with Rand Paul about (or should I call him Aqua Buddha?) is that any lawmaker who has ever smoked pot should not allow anyone to go to prison for smoking pot unless they honestly and sincerely believe that they...

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To Have a Vote, or to Not Have a Vote

Nevada is the prototypical “Wild West,” so it doesn’t surprise me that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has a record hostile to legislation to combat gun violence. But I don’t think that’s why he...

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Russia Rushes To Protect its Oligarchs

I won’t bore you with the details of the Cyprus banking crisis. All you need to know is that the island has a huge banking industry that acts much like the Cayman Islands. It relies heavily on rich oligarchs who want to...

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Does McCain Have Any Influence?

I don’t even know what to make of this piece by David Ignatius in the Washington Post. I have seen precious little evidence that John McCain has mellowed or decided to seriously work with the president. His tantrums over...

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Odds & Ends

I did not watch one second of NCAA basketball this year until the tourney started on Thursday. Nonetheless, I am winning my office pool having guessed 23 of 32 games correctly, and I enter the second round with a large lead in...

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