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Posts on ‘June 7th, 2005’

Party chairmen ought to wise up, straighten up

The Associated Press story on Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean’s intemperate weekend statement about Republicans featured emphatic negative responses from Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del, and former Sen. John Edwards. CNN hopped on this first thing Monday and has been flogging it ever since. From the AP story: While discussing the hardship of working Americans [...]

Congress should rationalize marijuana laws

Citing the federal government’s right to regulate interstate commerce, the Supreme Court Monday laid waste to 10 states’ medical marijuana statutes. The decision puts some of the country’s most unfortunate citizens in peril of being busted at any time by the Drug Enforcement Administration. The high court’s decision dovetails perversely with the Bush Administration’s shift [...]