Opinion Forum

Let’s Declare Victory in the War on Street Drugs

December 18th, 2011

By Dan Miller Brother’s keeper? Big Government is no kindly brother; it’s a bully. Don’t devolve! Remember the Darwin Awards? They are said to be given posthumously to those whose irresponsible antics prevent them from continuing to pollute the gene pool.

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: costs, crime, drugs, gangs, legalization, prison, prohibition, sale, taxes
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Manuel Noriega Returns to Panama

December 12th, 2011

By Dan Miller On Sunday, he was transferred to a maximum security facility in the jungle. After spending more than two decades imprisoned in the United States and then France, former Panamanian dictator Manuel (Pineapple Face) Noriega was flown back to the Republic of Panamá on the evening of Sunday, December 11. More than one […]

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Tags: Chiriqui, drugs, France, invasion, Manuel Noriega, Panama, prison, U.S.
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Good Supreme Court Decision on Warrantless Searches

May 18th, 2011

By Dan Miller Criminals have constitutional rights and so do the rest of us. In Kentucky v. King, the Supreme Court struck an appropriate balance between the rights of those who violate the laws and the rest of us who depend on the police to enforce them. The decision in no way resembles that of […]

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Tags: 4th Amendment, drugs, exigent circumstances, Kentucky, search, warrant
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Observations from the Trenches

March 13th, 2011

By Brian Bagent The trenches of health care delivery, that is. Recently, I had three ladies in my care at the hospital where I work. One of them was just post-op for a prolapsed bowel (where part of your bowel goes inside itself, not unlike what your socks look like just after you take them […]

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Tags: dependency, drugs, ER, hospital, malingerer, Medicaid, narcotics, nurse
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Charlie Sheen: Typical Addict

March 8th, 2011

By Nancy Morgan I know Charlie Sheen. I’ve never met him, and I don’t wish to. But I know who he is and how he feels. He is no super-star and he is not unique. He is merely a typical addict/alcoholic. Charlie Sheen’s continuing public meltdowns come as no surprise to anyone who has ever […]

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Tags: addict, alcoholic, Charlie Sheen, death, denial, drugs, grandiosity, sobriety
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