How many more must die before we end our war on drugs? Obviously, 80 a day is not enough to get the attention of politicians, firmly in the grip of all of those who benefit from our current asinine policies – cops’ unions, prison guard unions, etc. etc.  (For every 1 person arrested, 29 benefit financially!)! Thanks to really dumb politicians, the answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind!...

While this may be “legal”, it is exactly the kind of abuse of power which makes folks so disgusted with politicians (here, the state senator, Wagner). Excerpts from the Article:   If you live in south-central Pennsylvania and your trash is picked up by Penn Waste, a company owned by Republican State Senator Scott Wagner, you might want to pay the bill on time. If you don’t, police officers may come to your home, inventory your...

In this, the 21st century, we should not be dealing with the Death Penalty at all! Before you start to argue that it serves any “purpose” other than revenge, READ Death Penalty Letter to the Editor to learn the FACTS.  Factor in that we have thousands of innocent people in prison (some innocent people HAVE been executed) and that if you are black you are far more likely – 3 times more likely! – to be executed than if you...

Our internet friend, Kevin Shinnick, sent me this article. Read the many related articles on this website concerning this neglected issue, the neglect of which costs YOU about $444 BILLION annually! One major problem is that at least 1/4 to 1/3 or more (nobody knows the real number) of our more than 2 million people in prisons and jails have one or more serious mental illnesses, and receive no effective treatment! Excerpts from the Article:...

I used to advise people never to agree to binding arbitration. Arbitration can be binding or non binding.  Arbitration is a proceeding in which a dispute is resolved by an impartial adjudicator whose decision the parties to the dispute have agreed, or legislation has decreed, will be final and binding. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbitration Arbitration really took off in popularity in the ’80s, as the war on drugs started to clog our...