War on Drugs
Trump’s plan to ‘unleash’ police risks more abuses of everyone’s rights
It wasn't a surprise when President Donald Trump penned his recent executive order that calls "for cities to unleash high-impact local police forces." In 2017, the president told a police audience about…
Trump Administration Makes Damaging Admissions on Alien Enemies Act and Deportations
Donald Trump. (lllustration: Eddie Marshall | Maksym Velishchuk | Dreamstime.com | Midjourney) In recent days, the Trump Administration has made two damaging admissions that should hurt its already dubious positions in…
Bondi’s absurd fentanyl overdose claim epitomizes the illogic of the drug war
Attorney General Pam Bondi was widely mocked for bragging, during a Cabinet meeting this week, that the Trump administration had "saved…258 million lives" by intercepting shipments of illicit fentanyl. That risible…
Trump’s fentanyl seizures have saved over 250 million lives
This week marked the end of the first 100 days of President Donald Trump's second term. The administration celebrated the milestone by touting his accomplishments. The Department of Justice (DOJ), however, used some…
If he were senile, how would we know?
The Trump administration concedes that Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran who had lived in the United States since 2012, was illegally deported to his native country on March 15 due to an "administrative error." But…
The government’s wars on poverty and drugs had good intentions—but bad results
Government makes most things worse. President Lyndon B. Johnson launched a war on poverty; President Richard Nixon a war on drugs. Both had good intentions, but their "wars" do more harm than good. I believed the…
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