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Insane Drug War - Jay Tierney's column highlight's another sad case involving minimum sentences and the War on Drugs. It's another example of prosecutorial discretion getting out of control.
Freedom to play poker! -
Many Americans are upset that the Congress snuck restrictions on online wagering into law in 2006 before the elections. Now there is an effort to legalize some forms of online gambling, particularly games of skill such as poker.
Politics
A Republican quits his party.
2008 Presidential Candidates:
Barack Obama
Barack is back from vacation and he seems ready to fight back.
John McCain
McCain has been able to narrow Obama's lead in the polls with his own "kitchen sink" strategy, but his own numbers are not going up. Meanwhile, he is destroying his moderate image..
Ron Paul
What a breath of fresh air! Paul proves that there are some small-government conservatives left in this country. He didn't get the GOP nomination, but he'll be conducting a shadow convention in Minnesota during the GOP convention.
Issues
The voters have a clear choice in this election between Obama and McCain, as they couldn't be more different on most issues. Hopefully we can rise about all the negative politics to have a real debate about policy.
Energy Independence
Both candidates and most Americans believe we need to free ourselves from our addition to foreign oil. Of course, the candidates have very different approaches to the problem.
