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  • Drug war trumps port safety

    03/13/2006 8:53:55 AM PST · by JTN · 19 replies · 724+ views
    The Denver Post ^ | 03/12/2006 | Mike Krause
    The top objective of the U.S. Coast Guard's anti-terrorism strategy is to protect what's called the "U.S. Maritime Domain," including American ports. But it is hard to take seriously the idea that ports are being effectively protected when the Coast Guard spent more tax dollars last year fighting the war on drugs than has been spent in total on port security since Sept. 11, 2001. Since becoming part of the Department of Homeland Security in early 2003, the Coast Guard reports interdicting at sea some 340 tons of cocaine bound for the United States. For 2005 alone, it was 150...
  • The Key Issue for the Court Isn't Abortion

    12/01/2005 11:09:54 AM PST · by yoe · 21 replies · 1,070+ views
    Cato Institute ^ | December 1, 2005 | Edward H. Crane
    Two recent infamous Supreme Court decisions -- one on property rights, the other on federalism -- may serve as wake-up calls for those who believe in limited government and individual liberty. For too long conservatives who understand the Enumerated Powers doctrine and the role the Constitution plays in limiting the power of government have allowed the religious right and Planned Parenthood to control the debate over the future of the judiciary in America. The litmus test for any judge must always be his or her view on Roe v. Wade, as though abortion and abortion alone should determine who sits...