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Help Wanted: Mexican Drug Kingpin

Norm Stamper | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics


Norm Stamper

Mexico's drug-related violence will not end with the death of drug kingpin Beltran Leyva. Until we recognize that the U.S.-led global war on drugs is the systemic cause of the carnage, violence will intensify.

Drugs: Losing the Longest War

Michael Kaplan | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics


Michael Kaplan

On October 14, 1982, President Ronald Reagan declared war on drugs ... again. There have been one or two conflicts in human history that lasted longer -- though we'd better win this before 2012, or we'll find ourselves alone in a league with the Hundred Years' War.

Josh Crescenzi: Ex-Bush, Cheney Aide In $2 Million Stolen Fuel Probe

San Antonio Express-News | Guillermo Contreras | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics


A man who was a news liaison for former President George W. Bush and ex-Vice President Dick Cheney is at the center of a case involving $2 million in ...