On AlterNet: failure

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The Prohibition of Ideas: Latin America's Rapidly Increasing, Historic Calls for Legalization Meet Staunch U.S. Resistance

Ethan Nadelmann, AlterNet. March 12, 2012.

Amid a dramatic turn of events in the drug policy debate, the challenge will be to sustain this momentum, even as the U.S. government works desperately to suppress it.

Newt Gingrich Is Back; Here's Why That's a Good Thing

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. February 15, 2009.

Given the extent of Gingrich's failures, it seems odd that Republican lawmakers would turn to the former Speaker for guidance.

Limbaugh Hates America; Hopes Our Country Fails

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. January 20, 2009.

This is the opposite of patriotism.

How Long Does Drug Prohibition Need to Continue Before It's Declared a Failure?

David Borden, Drug War Chronicle. June 30, 2008.

The day we legalize drugs is the day we can begin to clean up the mess that the drug prohibition experiment has created.

6 Signs Conservative Rhetoric is Losing the Debate

Ryan Cooper, December 31, 1969.

A Message to the Super Committee: You Failed, Now Legalize Drugs and Save Billions

Kristen Gwynne, December 31, 1969.