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Today Brian at Flashpoint alerted me to this horrible story of the “war on drugs” gone wrong. Here’s the original story from the Baltimore Sun, but I’ll summarize:
Drug traffickers stole the names and addresses of several people and had marijuana shipped to their addresses. Whenever a box was delivered one of the traffickers would reclaim […]

 
Today Primer published my review of the iPhone 3G. Take a look and leave your thoughts in the comments.
 

While posts have been sparse here on The Midnight Hour as of late, my journalistic ambitions have not been dormant. I have been focusing much of my spare time on contributing to Primer Magazine. I have recently expanded beyond the fitness genre to write an introductory HDTV buyer’s guide. I have also authored more fitness […]

Just a quick quote from a recent speech by General Conway, the current Commandant of the Marine Corps:
Our young Marines are just doing marvelous work. There was a time when some of us who are graybeards still on active duty looked at this generation and wondered if they were going to have what it takes. […]

Today Brian at Flashpoint alerted me to a short but sweet article in the New York Times addressing the following issue: What if politicians pandered to economists? I think it’s a fascinating question, and with the economy ursurping Iraq as the #1 issue to American voters, a relevant question indeed. If you want […]

I suppose it should go without saying that being educated in law does not mean you have a grasp of right and wrong. Today the New York Times published an Op-Ed piece by Boston College Law professor Ray Madoff. Mr. Madoff uses the example of Leona Helmsley, who recently willed $8 billion to […]

Dr. Stacia Kelly has an excellent article in Primer this week exploring what I consider the most foundational, practical, and most abandoned nutritional concepts of our age. Today everyone is looking for a gimmick. Everyone wants a once-a-day pill that will make life easy, or a faddish diet plan like Atkins or South Beach. Here’s […]

Today the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) delivered its ruling on District of Columbia v. Heller. This case challenged Washington D.C.’s ban on the possession of handguns and its requirement that guns be stored locked or disassembled. In a 5-4 split decision the court affirmed Heller and ruled the ban […]

My review of Richard Engel’s book was published earlier this month in the New York Post, but very heavily edited for length. Below is the full version.

“I have found that no matter how war-torn a country becomes, liquor, Marlboros, prostitutes, guns and pornography are never in short supply.” So writes NBC News’ senior Middle […]