America’s system of checks and balances might struggle to contain a despot
“The troika of countervailing centers of political power (legislative, executive and judiciary) developed by Montesquieu and adopted by our constitutional Framers was made vulnerable to abuse with the rise of party politics. Political parties,
THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF CANNABIS AND CANNABINOIDS
This new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine offers an excellent review of relevant scientific research published since 1999. The report summarizes the health impacts of cannabis and cannabis-derived products.
Scientists to Government: Make It Easier to Study Marijuana
The use of herbs and plants to minister to human ills has been around since the beginning of civilization. That we are so ignorant to still deny the obvious research needed to improve the quality
The “Beatification” of Barack Obama. The “Good Guy” Storyline is Set…
“With Barack Obama’s exit the US is losing a saint.” writes Simon Jenkins in the Guardian, whilst Ann Perkins praises his “grace, decency and defence of democracy”. Lola Okolosie rhapsodises on his legacy of “warmth, love, resilience”. Already the storyline is
US Sen. Warren seeks to pull pot shops out of banking limbo
BOSTON (AP) — As marijuana shops sprout in states that have legalized the drug, they face a critical stumbling block — lack of access to the kind of routine banking services other businesses take for
Nationalized Ukrainian Lender Privatbank Has $5.6 Billion Hole in Balance Sheet
This article shows the folly of the U.S. policy of regime change. Our state department engineered the coup that overthrew an elected president of the Ukraine. As they say you break it you own it.
DEA Sparks New Battle With Marijuana Extract Makers
Debra Borchardt , Contributor I write about retail and cannabis. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. The battle lines are heating up between the marijuana marketplace and the Drug Enforcement Agency. Last
A Clinton Fan Manufactured Fake News That MSNBC Personalities Spread to Discredit WikiLeaks Docs
The phrase “Fake News” has exploded in usage since the election, but the term is similar to other malleable political labels such as “terrorism” and “hate speech”; because the phrase lacks any clear definition, it
The Daily 202 Live: Q&A with Gingrich on how Trump will change Washington
I spoke with Newt Gingrich at The Washington Post last Friday for the latest installment of The Daily 202’s live interview series. The former speaker of the House, who had huddled with Donald J. Trump
Seymour Hersh Says Hillary Approved Sending Libya’s Sarin to Syrian Rebels
The great investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, in two previous articles in the London Review of Books («Whose Sarin?» and «The Red Line and the Rat Line») has reported that the Obama Administration falsely blamed the government of Syria’s Bashar
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