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US prison population is 8 times larger than 1970 with no apparent effect on crime. This is because of the war on drugs. The war on drugs is enriching and empowering drug gangs who use the prisons as bases of operation and also imprisoning and ruining the lives of harmless drug users. The solution is to legalize and control drugs.

Nancy Pelosi tries to kill amendment that would protect employers from lawsuits for demanding their employees speak English. That woman is nuts. Not speaking English in an American business is obviously a performance problem. It'd be real hard to do business if America if you didn't speak English.

Des Moines, Iowa seeks to become a sanctuary city. Unbelievable.

The French navy escorts food aid into Somalia to deter pirates. Hurray for the French! I like Sarkozy. Sarkozy stands firm against public sector strikers.

Socialized medicine in action: New Zealand blocks immigration of British woman because she is too fat and would be a burden on the health care system. Once we have socialized medicine, the government will control every aspect of our daily lives.

Chavez did promote using oil blackmail to hurt the west at the OPEC conference, but Saudi Arabia won out. Now we know why Bush supports Saudi Arabia.

Pakistan's new Supreme Court appointed by President Musharraf after he declared a national emergency and dismissed the sitting Supreme Court dismisses petitions against Musharraf's election as president. No surprise there. With corruption rampant in all Pakistan's institutions, I think Musharraf is as good as we'll get. For years he's been playing both sides, allowing the Taliban and al Qaeda safe haven to destabilize Afghanistan because of Afghanistan's relationship with India, but I think Musharraf has seen the light and is ready to bring law and order to the lawless mountains of Pakistan, wiping out al Qaeda and the Taliban in the process. Liberals hate this because Musharraf is an ally, and they can't stand an ally consolidating power. Reason weighs in.

Brazil finds huge oil field of its eastern coast. I hope it doesn't join OPEC.

The politics of employing heat wave guns in Iraq. The loony left will certainly cry torture because it's another way to hurt America.

Tax foundation lists the state tax burden rankings. Ohio was 3rd lowest in 1980. Now we're 5th highest.

Details of 2007 US index of economic freedom. We're 4th at 82%.

John McCain missed 87% of votes last month while Obama missed 74% and Hillary missed 70%.

Man who made "Why don't you shut up" ringtone available for download has made $2 million so far.

Cato highlights the exaggerations and distortions in the latest IPCC report.

Cato explains how our monetary policy of bailing out failing investors leads to bad investments. Duh. If there's no price to pay for bad investments, people will continue making them and others will pile on. Once again, we're dealing with a crisis created by government (or quasi-government in the case of the Fed) interference in free markets.

Lloyd Carr retires before he got fired. This is good for Michigan. Carr outlasted his welcome. Look for Michigan to rebuild that program into a monster.

Politically correct publisher forces author to remove fire-breathing dragon from children's book. Self-censorship may be the most dangerous kind.

Nearly 2,000 people in Britain are considered too fat to work and get benefits for it.