People are overdosing on a drug called Loperamide, which is meant to be used as an anti-diarrheal medication. Loperamide has been available over the counter for many years and there are currently no restrictions on purchasing it. I suspect that will change in yet another misguided chapter of the War on Drugs. I find this […]
There’s a great story in the New York Times that is a follow up to one they wrote back in February about how the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) used a secret account to pay for all sorts of things. The articles expose any number of egregious problems in ATF but I’d […]
The state of New York has opened legal proceedings against UPS over the shipment of cigarettes to their state from Native American Reservations and it brings up some interesting questions about taxation as a whole. To sum up the legal situation; New York has high taxes on cigarettes. Native American Reservations do not. Enterprising people […]
An NFL quarterback by the name of Johnny Manziel is making news these days for his erratic behavior and his father is expressing concern for his son’s safety. In another story a former NFL player named Brandon Marshall, who struggles with Borderline Personality Disorder, offered compassionate and sound advice for Manziel. My point today isn’t […]
Daily Fantasy Sports is a quickly growing industry wherein people pick athletes in an attempt to win cash. They are an offshoot of Rotisserie or Fantasy Sports leagues which have been around for quite some time. The New York attorney general has now said they are illegal within that state. Eric Schneiderman draws a distinction between […]
I’ve been railing against the War on Drugs for a long time and against the seizure laws used in said war. I really don’t know that I can say anything else. Read the story of Charles L. Clark and tell me that you support the War on Drugs. I dare you. He may or may […]
A friend of mine made the following post, in jest, on her Facebook page this morning and it’s got me thinking. I think it should be a law that if a holiday falls on a Thursday you just get Friday off too. I’m just saying …. Not surprisingly the comment has accumulated quite a few […]
I wrote about a lawsuit being spearheaded in my own beloved state of Missouri back in February that involved the regulation of chicken eggs in California. The basic premise of the lawsuit is because California is such a huge economy; rules they pass for their state effect other states. I wrote at the time that while […]
Yesterday I wrote about why broad legislation that leaves interpretation in the hands of law enforcement officers is generally more effective than narrowly written laws that aim to stamp out a particularly misdeed. I saw a story in the news this morning that fully explains why people don’t agree with me. In this case a […]
There’s an interesting case making its way through the court system right now in regards to iTunes’ download policy on a television show. Basically a popular television show, Breaking Bad, broke their fifth and final season into two groups of episodes. The first eight episodes were released in July of 2012 while the second half […]
There is a ridiculous news story making the rounds about a man who lost his life’s savings while playing a carnival game and it brought to mind the McDonald’s spilled coffee lawsuit that many people consider the epitome of frivolous cases. I don’t want to talk about the stupidity of the man who lost his […]
There is an interesting little case in the news today that reminds me how important it is that legislators draft well-worded laws. A fellow by the name of Richard Eggers worked for Wells Fargo as a customer service representative. Way back in 1963 he used a fake dime to do some laundry. He was sentenced to […]
After my Crony Capitalism post a little while ago several fellow Libertarians posted comments in support but mentioned that they didn’t think the government had the ability to create a level playing field through regulation. That this field was created by competition itself. Tomorrow I’ll share one group of situations where I think federal oversight, […]
Whilst out and about having a whiskey with a friend and watching the NC Double F basketball tournament we waxed poetic about our team’s chances in the big dance. My Alma-Mater the University of Idaho had a tough first round matchup with Houston. While my state loyalty team, the University of Missouri played the next […]
An interesting legal case just wrapped up and the title of this article pretty much says it all; Afroman wins. It’s an interesting case involving a couple of topics near and dear to my heart, Constitutional Law and the police power of the state. The quick summary is law enforcement raided Afroman’s home after which […]
There’s an interesting case making its way through the legal system involving a camera ticket. A new law in Florida called the Mark Wandall Traffic Safety Act allows for tickets to be automatically sent out based on camera observations. Camera Ticket citations are not new although they’ve always been controversial. In this case a twist […]
I’ve been watching Dark Winds since the beginning and I’ve had my issues with the show but this season has a missing plot. It’s not that the plot is missing the mark, that the plot is not as good as it could be, it’s that halfway through the season and I’m clueless as to the […]
The Supreme Court just ruled that Post Office Immunity extends to mail intentionally withheld by postal employees against orders from the USPS Inspector General. There is a racial element to the case but I don’t think that an important issue in the dispute. My rant today isn’t just against Post Office immunity to lawsuits but […]
A recent court case in Missouri brought gambling machines under scrutiny and I thought it was a good chance to look at this issue from a Libertarian perspective. The gambling machines, often called video lottery terminals, operate in gas stations, bars, and stores throughout the state. I’ve written on several occasions about the Libertarian perspective […]
In a sequence of events only possible in the internet age I heard a hypothesis about why the AIDS epidemic created the shitty entertainment industry we see today. To be clear, I think there’s a lot of fantastic entertainment coming out but there is some truth to criticisms of the blockbuster orientated industry today. So, […]