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...With Mitt Romney in the race, the focus has changed from inward to outward,” Firestone said. “Everyone thought they could beat [Acting Gov.] Jane Swift, so they were campaigning against each other. But now that Mitt Romney is in the race, they are campaigning against...
Last Saturday, Gov. Gary Johnson of New Mexico and Dr. Lester Grinspoon of the Harvard Medical School rightly advocated the decriminalization of marijuana. These men should be commended for having the courage to address issues that most politicians and academics choose to avoid. As they pointed out, the prohibition of marijuana causes more injustice and social problems than the drug itself—similar to the alcohol prohibition in the 1920s—and thus the ban on its use should...
...United States should scrap its war on drugs, legalize marijuana and radically change the way it handles drug offenders, outspoken Gov. Gary E. Johnson (R-N.M.) said in a speech this weekend...
...well known for being a mother (Governor Mom) as for being lieutenant governor and becoming acting governor when Gov. Paul Celluci left in April 2001, Swift entered the national consciousness when she commandeered a state helicopter Thanksgiving weekend in 1999 because, she later explained, her first child, Elizabeth, was sick. Racing home in the face of that is one of the few things Swift did in her short tenure I applaud. But being a worried parent doesn't exempt you from the law. If you don't own up to the personal use of a state plane...
Over the course of a few hours on Tuesday, the Massachusetts governor’s race turned from a virtually uncontested coronation of the eventual Democratic nominee into a competitive, engaging general election. Acting Gov. Jane Swift’s announcement that she will not run, coupled with the fact that former Senate candidate and chair of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee Mitt Romney has entered the race, promise at the very least an exciting campaign this fall...