A front page story in Monday's News Journal said, "Police and city officials blame the spike in violence on a loose judicial system and entrenched social problems, such as unemployment, school dropouts and drug abuse."

Allowing a ludicrous statement like this to go unchallenged is the sort of irresponsible `journalism' we've come to expect from publications that support the so-called War on Drugs, and it shouldn't fool us any more.

This song is dedicated to all the people who think Barrack Obama and/or the Democratic majority in Congress is going to fix any of the damage done by the Bush administration.

Listen to it until the message sinks in...

We'll be fighting in the streets
With our children at our feet
And the morals that they worship will be gone
And the men who spurred us on
Sit in judgment of all wrong
They decide and the shotgun sings the song

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around

At this point in the evolution of our government, it probably makes sense for political parties to choose their candidates via primary elections. A primary is likely to result in a better approximation of the the candidate(s) that the majority of party members actually want than choosing them in convention. After all conventions typically occur relatively late in the election cycle and are usually attended by a small percentage of party insiders, while primaries are open to the general public.

In Policing Corporate Pricing Policies, Stephen Crockett calls for strict new federal laws against price-gouging and predatory pricing. According to Crockett

We all know about price-gouging. We see it everyday when buying gasoline, diesel fuel, home heating oil, prescription drugs and many other products or services.

He must not have been paying attention earlier this year when first the Cato Institute and then the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department released studies finding no evidence of price gouging by the oil companies.

Is anyone surprised that the University of Delaware is wasting our tax dollars to promote a specific political agenda?

Why is UD's Housing department involved in teaching a class (or "Treatment Program" as their literature describes it)? Shouldn't their job be limited to providing safe and comfortable housing to students who wish to live on campus?

Links:
CBS 3
Chronicle of Higher Education
Philadelphia Inquirer

First of all, thanks to Brad Thomas, Mike Smith, Alan Coffey, Will Fox, and Bill Morris for staffing the LPD table; George Jurgenson, Bill Morris & Alan Coffey for providing literature for us to hand out; and Brad, George, Will & Bill for storing, transporting & organizing the stuff necessary for this event. And I helped a bit too.

If you suffer from seasonal allergies or sinusitis, like millions of other Americans, you should be careful where you buy your Sudafed or other drugs. Some stores will rat you out to the cops as a possible Methamphetamine manufacturer.

It was bad enough a year ago when they placed "over the counter" allergy medications containing pseudoephedrine behind the counter and started making us show ID and sign for our purchases because of a stupid law prompted by drug war paranoia. That was when I decided I'd rather suffer than have my non-prescription drug purchases tracked by the government.

``This summer is going to be a critical time for the new strategy,'' George W. Bush