TOM ANGELL

POLITICS
Friday Talking Points -- Trump Backs Up Titanic, Hits Iceberg Again
By Chris Weigant, Contributor
Political writer and blogger at ChrisWeigant.com
Trump backed his personal Titanic up again and again, and tried to just ram through the iceberg, over and over. He was even up early this morning, providing yet another day's legs for this story.
POLITICS
Friday Talking Points -- Don't Panic!
By Chris Weigant, Contributor
Political writer and blogger at ChrisWeigant.com
Can we all just take a deep breath? I'm speaking to many Democratic voters as well as the bulk of the mainstream media here, just to clarify. Because far too many seem to currently be going off the deep end. But from where I sit, this is an overreaction to a very short-term situation.
POLITICS
Marijuana News From the Budget Bill
By Chris Weigant, Contributor
Political writer and blogger at ChrisWeigant.com
Marijuana legal reforms are now becoming if not commonplace in Washington, at least solidly within the realm of the conceivable. Both Republicans and Democrats are beginning to realize that big changes need to be made in the federal government's decades-long War On Weed.
ENTERTAINMENT
Friday Talking Points -- GOP Debates, Round One
By Chris Weigant, Contributor
Political writer and blogger at ChrisWeigant.com
Well, that was entertaining, wasn't it? We refer, of course, to the grand spectacle of the first Republican presidential debates, held last night on Fox News. Since this is all anyone's talking about in the political world today, we are going to follow suit and devote most of this column to our reactions.
POLITICS
Reactions to D.E.A. Chief Michele Leonhart's Resignation
By Chris Weigant, Contributor
Political writer and blogger at ChrisWeigant.com
Count me among the satisfied that Leonhart will be leaving her government job soon. With her departure, President Obama now has the opportunity to name someone to the job who can clearly see the future of drug policy reform.
POLITICS
Friday Talking Points -- How Bad Laws Get Made
By Chris Weigant, Contributor
Political writer and blogger at ChrisWeigant.com
How do bad laws get made? Quickly, for the most part. No, that's not a joke. The worst laws nearly all have one thing in common: They are rushed through very quickly, usually because Congress is facing some self-imposed deadline.
POLITICS
Friday Talking Points -- What the Media Missed
By Chris Weigant, Contributor
Political writer and blogger at ChrisWeigant.com
We've got a lot to cover this week, so we're going to try to get through everything in a rather foreshortened format. At least, that's the goal.
DENVER
Ex-White House Drug Advisor: 'Trickery' Led To Colorado Legalizing Weed
By Matt Ferner
LOS ANGELES
Huge Victory For Medical Marijuana Parents
By Anna Almendrala
POLITICS
California Marijuana Proposition Update
By Chris Weigant, Contributor
Political writer and blogger at ChrisWeigant.com
The federal government is going to have limited legal options, at best, if it tries to overthrow the "will of the people" (assuming, of course, that Proposition 19 actually passes), as evidenced best by the fact that the medical marijuana laws still stand.
POLITICS
If California Legalizes Marijuana, How Will Obama React?
By Chris Weigant, Contributor
Political writer and blogger at ChrisWeigant.com
California legalizing marijuana seems to have become a very real possibility, and how Obama's going to handle it will be important. The state could become a "test-case" in challenging federal laws on the matter.