Should Wisconsin legalize marijuana for medical use?

(published 23-Nov-2009, Appleton Post-Crescent)

What's curious about this question is what about the Feds?  There are a dozen states that have medical marijuana laws that permit its use in various scenarios; but federal anti-narcotics laws still hold sway.  Federal agents can still bust a little home-grown pot patch in those states.  The feds do recognize, however, that the enforcement issue is very real. The Marijuana Policy Project pretty much recommends that people living in those states where medical marijuana is legal not worry about arrest because, they say, only 1% of marijuana arrests nationwide are made by the feds. The odds are pretty good that you won't get busted if you're following state law. However, the feds do target medical marijuana "dispensaries", especially in California. I don't mind if Wisconsin passes ... Read More »

Remember after Hurricane Katrina how much talk there was from the global warming johnnies that we could look forward to much more devastating hurricanes from now on?  That Katrina was only a taste of what was in store for us?

This is the most up-to-date graph of activity for the present hurricane season from WeatherStreet.com:

That's two hurricanes as of Nov 1st.  To be fair, there's still a chance for another one before the end of the hurricane season on Dec 1st.  But you ... Read More »