Morning Matters

• New TV Extravaganza - Martial Law is Awesome
• The remains of Detroit. Some great photos of abandoned urbania.
• Ethan Nadelmann and John Walters faced off in the Wall Street Journal on the topic of drug prohibition last week. Also, check the dissembling of Walter’s piece.
• John Stewart says MSNBC is the new Fox. It sure looks like it. The Daily Show is going to have to adapt its own politics a bit to stay relevant the next four years.
• Scientists stick up for the use of brain-boosting drugs.
• The L.A. Times has an in-depth piece on the Maryland state trooper who illegally infiltrated and spied on nonviolent protest groups, then had some activists designated as terrorists.
• Mmm, a new flavored tax
• I bet you didn't know that Ford made in 1942 cars out of Hemp

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