Author: Mark Draughn

  • Cruelty In the Name of Fair Immigration

    A few days ago, the fine folks at Popehat explained why they want to kick a harmless German immigrant family out of the country. The Popehat guys seem like nice folks, so I assume they don’t mean it the way it sounds, ’cause it sounds pretty bad. The Romeike family didn’t like the way the public… Read more

  • The Failed War On Drugs

    I don’t know anything else about Jim Gray, but this is about as good an explanation as I’ve ever seen of how the War on Drugs fails so badly:   Read more

  • The Horrors of Oscar Night

    Well, the Academy Awards were last night, and I’m sure all the trendy ironic folks will be making the usual comments about Hollywood self-congratulation, but I mostly enjoyed it. I like movies, and I think good filmmaking deserves to be honored. I do have one nit to pick, however, with the movie montage they showed… Read more

  • Next They’ll Ban Turning ‘Round and ‘Round Until You Get Dizzy

    Reason awards their February Nanny of the Month award to a Kansas legislator for banning fake pot. Read more

  • A Bright New Idea From the Change-Master

    I guess it’s change of a sort. Obama’s healtcare reform started as a beautiful vision of low-cost healthcare for everyone. I thought that was highly unrealistic, but at least it was clear and straightforward. I guess the Democrats thought it was unrealistic too, because the Democrats soon made a series of compromises and turned it into a… Read more