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Here is part of the text of an e-mail I received from the Institute for Justice's Castle Coalition, and the letter I wrote to Jodi Rell, Governor of Connecticut, in response: Also, send an e-mail to Governor M. Jodi Rell urging her to intervene on beh… more »

re "Smoking ban will survive test" (Rocky Mountain News editorial, 5/20/06) http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/editorials/article/0,2777,DRMN_23964_4714938,00.html To the Editors: Although you are correct that opponents of Colorado’s smoking ba… more »

Last June, the Supreme Court made one of their many recent mistakes in the Raich v Gonzales case in which they ruled that the Federal Government can regulate the use of home-grown marijuana as interstate commerce. You can read my take on that case HER… more »

In response to this morning's posting, "The history of evangelical Christians and American politics", Ben posted an excellent comment which, combined with my response, I think is worthy of a separate posting. I'd be interested in the opinion of any of my… more »

From the Wall Street Journal, here's an excellent article by James Q Wilson discussing how the abortion and gay marriage debates (among others) pervert the federal nature of our Republic. The last paragraph of Mr. Wilson's commentary is memorable and im… more »

This is the response by Mike DePinto to the response of Ms. Lask, plaintiff's attorney ini a class action suit against the manufacturer of Ambie, to Mike's article on the subject. Note URL references with asterisks in this article relate to following UR… more »

Mike's guest posting regarding a lawsuit against the manufacturer of Ambien has received a comment from Susan Chana Lask, the attorney who filed the class-action suit on behalf of the plaintiffs. While I am unable to verify that the note is from Ms. L… more »

One More Thing To Keep Us Up At Night see "Medication Causing Sleep Binges?" (ABC News, 3/15/06) http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/print?id=1727082 and "Study links Ambien use to unconscious food forays" (NY Times via Int'l Herald Tribune, 3/14/06) h… more »

see "U.S. Supreme Court justice’s home is safe" (Portsmouth Herald, 3/15/06) http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/03152006/news/92662.htm Unfortunately, the people of Weare, NH, didn't have the courage to give Justice David Souter a taste of his own me… more »

see "Lawsuits in eminent domain fight over suburban golf club" (NY Newsday, 3/7/06) http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--golfclubfight0307mar07,0,3730041,print.story In a stunning example of political ego, the mayor of North Hills… more »