Vendettas of the Week

 Policy CornerVendettas of the Week

The Failing War at Home

Christopher Law May 13, 2015

Forty years ago, in June 1971, President… References and Footnotes Kathleen Miles, "Just How Much The War On Drugs Impacts Our Overcrowded Prisons, In One Chart," Huffington Post, March 10, 2014, Accessed May 8, 2015, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/10/war-on-drugs-prisons-infographic_n_4914884.html. ↩Marc Santora, "City’s Annual Cost Per Inmate Is $168,000, Study Finds," The New York Times, August 23, 2013, Accessed August 23, 2013, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/24/nyregion/citys-annual-cost-per-inmate-is-nearly-168000-study-says.html ↩ Jeffery Miron and Jeffery Zwiebel, "Alcohol Consumption During Prohibition," NBER Working Paper Series, 1991. ↩ Tim Nash, "Organized Crime in the 1920's and Prohibition," The Finer Times, Accessed May 8, 2015, http://www.thefinertimes.com/20th-Century-Crime/organised-crime-in-the-1920s.html. ↩ Serena Dai, "A Chart That Says the War on Drugs Isn't Working," The Wire, October 12, 2012, Accessed May 8, 2015, http://www.thewire.com/national/2012/10/chart-says-war-drugs-isnt-working/57913/. ↩ Tina Chen, “Baby in Coma After Police 'Grenade' Dropped in Crib During Drug Raid,” ABC News, May 30, 2014, Accessed May 8, 2015, http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/05/baby-in-coma-after-police-grenade-dropped-in-crib-during-drug-raid/ ↩ Matt Ferner, "End The War On Drugs, Say Nobel Prize-Winning Economists," Huffington Post, May 6, 2014, Accessed May 8, 2015, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/06/end-drug-war_n_5275078.html. ↩Katie Lobosco, "Recreational Pot: $53 Million in Tax Revenue to Colorado," CNN Money, February 12, 2015, Accessed May 8, 2015, http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/12/news/economy/colorado-marijuana-tax-revenue/. ↩Carol Tice, "Comedian Tommy Chong's Plan To Become Legal Pot's Sam Walton," Forbes, December 11, 2014, accessed May 8, 2015,  http://www.forbes.com/sites/caroltice/2014/12/11/comedian-tommy-chongs-plan-to-become-legal-pots-sam-walton ↩

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A Second Haiti?

Joyce Chu May 7, 2015

In a single… References and Footnotes “Nepal Earthquake Death Toll Climbs Past 7,000,” NBC News, May 3, 2015, accessed May 5, 2015. http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/nepal-earthquake-death-toll-climbs-past-7000. ↩ Shrestha, Manesh, Ray Sanchez and Wayne Drash, “Earthquake Slams Nepal; Devasting Loss of People, History,” CNN News, April 27, 2015, accessed May 3,2015. http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/25/asia/nepal-earthquake-7-5-magnitude/ ↩ Helen Reagan, “International Aid to Nepal Ramps Up,” Time Magazine, April 28, 2015, accessed May 2, 2015. http://time.com/3837688/nepal-earthquake-aid-relief-donations/ ↩“M7.8 - 34km ESE of Lamjung, Nepal,” USGS, accessed May 4, 2015, http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20002926#impact_pager. ↩ “Country at a Glance,” World Bank, accessed May 4, 2015, http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/nepal. ↩ Richard Knox, “5 Years After Haiti's Earthquake, Where Did The $13.5 Billion Go?” NPR, January 12, 2015, accessed May 4, 2015, http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2015/01/12/376138864/5-years-after-haiti-s-earthquake-why-aren-t-things-better. ↩ Gardiner Harris, “Nepal Asks Foreign Rescuers to Leave as Hopes Fade,” NY Daily, May 4, 2015, accessed May 5, 2015, http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/05/world/asia/nepal-earthquake-foreign-rescuers.html?_r=0. ↩

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The Struggle Against Non-Violence

Brian Chernick May 7, 2015

On April 19, Freddie Gray… References and Footnotes “Killed By Police – 2015,” Killed By Police, 2015, accessed May 7, 2015, http://killedbypolice.net ↩ "Baltimore’s Violent Protesters Are Right: Smashing Police Cars Is a Legitimate Political Strategy," Saloncom RSS, accessed May 7, 2015,http://www.salon.com/2015/04/28/baltimores_violent_protesters_are_right_smashing_police_cars_is_a_legitimate_political_strategy/ ↩

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A “Comprehensive” Dilemma

Vijay Vaswani May 4, 2015

The United States is home to over three-hundred… References and Footnoteshttp://www.census.gov/popclock ↩http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/24/us/immigrant-population-shows-signs-of-growth-estimates-show.html?_r=0 ↩https://softwareupdaterlp.com/campaign.php?ID=trillmstrcpi2&sub=trillmstrcpi2&S2=wTAP8C73QI3EP8PH0NPBA54M ↩http://library.cqpress.com/cqalmanac/document.php?id=cqal07-1006-44907-2047763 ↩

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“Steady as She Goes:” Diplomacy with Iran

Maya El-Darzi May 4, 2015

The Islamic Republic… References and FootnotesC. Hemmer, “Responding to a Nuclear Iran,” in Taking Sides: Clashing Views in World Politics, (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Companies, 2010), 256. ↩M. Kibaroglu, “Good for the Shah, Banned for the Mullahs: The West and Iran's Quest for Nuclear Power,” Middle East Institute 60 no. 2 (2006): 209, retrieved April12, 2010, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4330247. ↩Ibid, 210. ↩Al Jazeera English, “Timeline: Iran's Nuclear Programme,” Al Jazeera English, April 9, 2010, retrieved on 12 April 2010, http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2007/12/20085251853218888.html ↩R. Rosenkranz, “Intelligence Squared U.S. Series” [radio transcript], The Rosenkranz Foundation, 2009, retrieved from http://intelligencesquaredus.org/wp-content/uploads/Diplomacy-with-Iran-051209.pdf ↩Hemmer, “Responding to a Nuclear Iran,” in Taking Sides: Clashing Views in World Politics, 255. ↩Barbara Slavin, “How Iran and world powers finally got to yes on a nuclear deal,” Al Jazeera English, November 23, 2014 retrieved on August 30, 2014, http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/11/23/what-the-iran-nucleardealmeans.html ↩Ibid. ↩Rosenkranz, “Intelligence Squared U.S. Series” [radio transcript], 5. ↩Fred Kaplan, Daydream Believers: How a Few Grand Ideas Wrecked American Power, (Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2008), 197. ↩“Counter Notes and Sources,” Fighting for a U.S. federal budget that works for all Americans, last modified March 10, 2014, accessed August 31, 2014, https://www.nationalpriorities.org/cost-of/notes-sources/. ↩Justine Hofherr, “How a Nuclear Deal With Iran Could Affect Gas Prices,” Boston.com, March 20, 2015, retrived on May 3, 2015, http://www.boston.com/cars/news-and-reviews/2015/03/20/how-nuclear-deal-with-iran-could-affect-gas-prices/zNPJW06GP9cKajAciotM1K/story.html ↩

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A Secret Agreement

Brian Chernick May 4, 2015

After ten years… References and Footnotes"Trans-Pacific Partnership Announcement," United States Trade Representative, 2009, accessed May 3, 2015. https://ustr.gov/about-us/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2009/december/trans-pacific-partnership-announcement. ↩Roger Altman and Richard Haass, "Why the Trans-Pacific Partnership Matters," The New York Times, April 3, 2015, accessed May 3, 2015, http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/04/opinion/why-the-trans-pacific-partnership-matters.html. ↩"Secret Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) - Investment Chapter," WikiLeaks, 2015, accessed May 3, 2015, https://wikileaks.org/tpp-investment/WikiLeaks-TPP-Investment-Chapter/page-1.html. ↩Bernie Sanders, "The Trans-Pacific Trade (TPP) Agreement must be Defeated," Bernie Sanders - United States Senator for Vermont, accessed May 3, 2015, http://www.sanders.senate.gov/download/the-trans-pacific-trade-tpp-agreement-must-be-defeated?inline=file. ↩Laura Carlsen, "Under Nafta, Mexico Suffered, and the United States Felt Its Pain," November 24, 2013, accessed May 3, 2015, http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/11/24/what-weve-learned-from-nafta/under-nafta-mexico-suffered-and-the-united-states-felt-its-pain. ↩