Losing the War [on Drugs]

As a medical marijuana bill is introduced in the Alabama legislature, a Huntsville Times columnist acknowledges that the War on Drugs is failing, miserably.

Lincoln finally brought to justice

Courtesy of LRC blog comes a link to this article, The mock trial of Abraham Lincoln. A pretty good article, except for the last sentence.

More on Red State Fascism

"How did conservative intellectuals and activists go from hating big government in the 1990s to loving it and celebrating it today? There is a bad seed in the ideology of American conservatism that spawns power worship. If you can get a group of people to pledge the government flag and sing the murderous Battle Hymn of the Republic in their churches, and to take a position on war that is Mark Twain’s War Prayer come to life, the rest is just a mop-up operation. The Germans too were a very religious and conservative people."

Lew Rockwell hits the nail on the head in this great essay.