Author: Mark Draughn
Never Get Busted
The drug liberalization blogosphere is all abuzz over Barry Cooper. He’s apparently a former Texas narcotics officer who has produced a video called “Never Get Busted” in which he apparently explains how to avoid getting arrested for drug possession. As it happens, I too have a foolproof system for avoiding a drug possession arrest: I… Read more
The Iraq Victory That Might Have Been
Way back in February of 2003, I published my modest proposal for a victory in Iraq. Basically, I noticed that Saddam Hussein didn’t care what we did in Iraq as long as he thought he was still in power. So we take that to an extreme: My proposal is that we follow a strategy of… Read more
The Post-Apocalyptic Desolation of Christmas Day at the Mall
After enduring a full month of insane shopping frenzy at the malls, I usually find that Christmas Day itself feels like the end-of-the-world. I’m not a big fan of black and white photos from a digital camera because it seems like faking—the digital sensor always captures a color image—but I think it works for this… Read more
XMAS in the TIF
Pesche’s Flowers at Christmas This is Pesche’s Flowers, one of the many businesses in Des Plaines, Illinois, that the city claims is “blighted” so they can abuse their eminent domain power to replace it with something they like better. The city’s materials justifying the TIF show some of the worst views of some of the… Read more
Have a Merry Christmas Everyone!
I think Miss Claus here would like you to have a Merry Christmas. The site I got this from describes it as “a sexy Mrs. Claus.” Unless Santa likes ’em really young, however, I think this must be one of his daughters, thus the “Miss” above. Careful guys, he knows when you’ve been bad. (Why… Read more