Outside the Beltway

Pardoning just because he can?

There is no reason for ICE operatives to wear masks save they don’t want to be held accountable.

It is unusual and a problem.

Spoiler: tariff threats and other “one weird trick” approaches won’t work.

A brief foray into looking at Alabama state policy on fighting addiction.

Pondering lack of US interest in our friends to the south.

In a first of its kind move, voters in Denver have voted to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms.

Trump declares he will end aid to Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.

William Barr, who served as Attorney General under President George H.W. Bush, has been selected to replace Jeff Sessions as Attorney General.

On Tuesday, Michigan joined the ranks of the states where marijuana is legal and several other states legalized it for medical purposes.

Another drug war example.

Scenes from the war on drugs.

Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a populist from the left, rode a wave of populism and public disdain for the outgoing President to a landslide win in Mexico

The answer is, of course, no. Really, this is a post about the wall as policy.

President Trump is not being bold on drugs. Instead, he is just recycling old, failed idea.

Some thoughts about why the president’s remarks on immigration are so problematic.

More foreign policy amateurism.

Trump isn’t going to win any regional popularity awards in LA.

A decision from Mexico’s Supreme Court has opened the door to legalization of marijuana south of the border, but it’s likely to proceed much slower than in the United States or Canada.

Senator Bernie Sanders wants to let states decide how to regulate marijuana, or to not regulate it at all if they choose. Intellectually honest conservatives should support his effort.

Some thoughts on a column by Roger Noriega on the Obama administration and Latin America,

Not surprisingly, a law passed in the wake of the September 11th attacks has been used mostly for things that have nothing to do with terrorism.