Mike Cakora - Anglospheric, Jacksonian, Capitalist, Caring, and South Carolinian by Choice; musings on culture, economics, and the fine mess we find ourselves in.
You know that the War on Drugs has entered a bizarre phase when doper turtles are dispatched to target the bad guys. One such turtle recently led the feds to a marijuana patch in a national park and the arrest of its 19-year-old grower for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.It’s bad enough that we’re losing our liberties day by day, but who knew that reptiles would be used against us? (Read the rest of the entry…)
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The following column of mine was published in The State on Sunday, February 28th, 1999, before the state legislature banned video poker. I'm posting it ...
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Driving down the road the other day I heard a heart-wrenching report on NPR about a family in Ohio and the impact that current economic ...
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The Iraqi's have defeated terrorism. It's not big news, didn't make The State this morning, or the New York Times, or even the Washington Post. ...
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Occasionally I hear folks lament that the world, particularly Europeans, doesn't love us -- America -- anymore. As a SNAG (sensitive New-Age guy) I try ...
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The New York Times appeared to say it all on June 6, 2008:
A long-delayed Senate committee report endorsed by Democrats and some Republicans concluded that ...
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Yes, this is an open letter directed to the scaredy-cat, stooopid party -- the Republicans in the US Congress -- the folks who have a ...
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It seems that the Palmetto Achievement Challenge Test (PACT) is almost dead, leaving the state with a vacancy in the old standards-based-accountability-measurement-of-student-achievement-in-four-core-academic-areas department, something mandated ...
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With the turbulence in and around Columbia's police department, it's worthwhile pointing out that things could be worse as a sideways glance to America's heartland ...
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In yesterday’s New York Times former Enron advisor, one-time respected economist, current university professor, and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman made a useful observation: stupid ...
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August 1st, 2008
