Philosophy 101

Jacob Sullum reports on the Atlasphere that:
The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that drug offenders account for about 25 percent of local jail inmates, 21 percent of state prisoners and 55 percent of federal prisoners. Since 1980 the number of drug offenders in state prisons has increased by 1,200 percent, more than four times the increase in violent offenders. …

Venezuela is slated to vote on profound constitutional reforms in December, among them abolition of presidential term limits.

Who knew? Well, most free market economists argue that. The Cato Institute’s Daniel Griswold has published a new study confirming this cherished belief:

Ex World Champion Chess master Garry Kasparov has decided to run for President in Russia in March of 2008. He is heading a coalition called “The Other Russia”, which is pushing for more substantial democratic change to Russia.

McDonald’s was just ordered by a Kentucky jury to pay 6.1 Million Dollars in a case involving a hoax call to a local McDonald’s restaurant.

Bill Gates is facing another antitrust case, this time regarding his charitable foundation.