Author: Mark Draughn
POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPT.
The Highpoint of the Obama Presidency
It’s official. As of noon yesterday, Barack Hussein Obama is the 44th President of the United States of America. Despite the truly horrible history of how black people have been treated in this country, we’ve just elected a black man to the highest office in the land. It’s not the fulfillment of Martin Luther King’s… Read more
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT DEPT.
Those Who Can’t, Teach
Meet Police Chief Dexter Yarbrough: While the sudden suspension of CSU Police Chief Dexter Yarbrough last month came as another shocking challenge facing a transitioning administration, several campus officers say his absence comes as a breath of fresh air to the department — putting what several independent sources called his “reign of terror” on hiatus.… Read more
JOURNALISM DEPT.
Who Wants to Be A Reporter?
A couple of weeks ago, Kip Esquire posted a New Years Day update explaining that he was changing careers. He’s made up his mind do something entrepreneurial rather than work for someone else, but, I would entertain one exception: namely this blog. Punditry and commentary. If anyone out there has any interest in hiring me… Read more
WAR ON DRUGS DEPT.
Why Not Keep Drugs Illegal?
To balance Radley’s anti-drug-war piece I linked to earlier, the Culture11 site also includes a piece by David Freddoso arguing that we should “Keep Drugs Illegal!” He makes a better argument than you usually hear, but it doesn’t really hold up. Freddoso’s first argument is a relatively new one. He asserts that eliminating the War on… Read more
WEATHER DEPT.
17 Degrees Below Zero
I have to drive to a client’s office today. They say it’s -17° F outside today. (For my non-U.S. readers, that’s -27° C.) That means the air is 115° below my body temperature. If it suddenly got 45° warmer, it would still be 4° below the freezing point of water. I am really, really glad… Read more