Month: January 2015

Jamaica Readying to Legalize It

Here’s the beginning of a statement from Mark Golding, the Jamaican Minister of Justice, announcing the introduction of a bill for the non-commercial legalization of marijuana. The system of complete legal prohibition of...

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Film Review: American Sniper

Thing One and I went to see American Sniper last night in a packed theater.  It’s an interesting movie and cultural artifact. I can understand some of the consternation from people who think the movie whitewashes the...

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Syriza wins big

The question now remains, how big? Some exit polls had projected a possible outright majority for the left-leaning populist party in today’s snap election in Greece. However, that had always seemed like a bit of a stretch....

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Serious Question

Do you think that any of the Republicans who showed up yesterday to the Iowa Freedom Summit are going to have any real influence on the 2016 nominating process, or are they all such enormous clowns that we can safely ignore them...

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A Rapist as the Face of the NFL

If you’re looking for information on the upcoming NFL draft, there are few places better than DraftTek. Currently, they have the Tennessee Titans, who own the second pick in the first round, taking Florida quarterback and...

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