“Yesterday, Mexican authorities arrested Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas, also known as ‘El Nini,’ who we allege is one of the Sinaloa Cartel’s lead sicarios, or assassins” said American Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thanksgiving. El Nini worked for “the Chapitos…
In the mid-19th century, the United Kingdom and other Western powers wreaked havoc across China by flooding its major cities with highly addictive opium. By 1840 some 10 million Chinese were addicted to the drug being supplied by illegal British…
Former President Donald Trump “has called for the return of ‘mental institutions’” to get the homeless off the streets, Axios reported Tuesday. Was he serious or just spitballing? The Trump campaign did not respond when I asked for further clarification….
Amidst all the ongoing chaos on Capitol Hill, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is working to deliver a boon to the cannabis industry with the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFER) Banking Act. Predictably, some Republicans have joined him under the…
Human attention is valuable. There are innumerable things happening around us every moment, without letup. Yet wondrously, we are able sift through the chaos and devote our working focus to things that help us, and leave the rest of the…
SACRAMENTO — The new Republican majority in the House of Representatives has indicated an interest in investigating various federal agencies, with the latest news being that lawmakers will vote on a plan to abolish the IRS — a measure with…
A decade has passed since Colorado and Washington became first in the nation to legalize the use of marijuana. Since then, 19 states and the District of Columbia have joined them in liberalizing recreational cannabis laws. Voters in Maryland and Missouri…
In the words of Claudia Pemberton, “America without her Soldiers would be like God without His angels.” Although I don’t speak for Ms. Pemberton, one assumes that the award-winning author and very proud member of the Military Writers Society of America…
Demi Lovato announced that she is no longer a plural entity and will be using female pronouns. The singer said on the Spout Podcast on Tuesday that the decision came about because she has “been feeling more feminine” whereas she…
