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12.05.2008 3:29 pm

Another depression, another end to prohibition?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
FILE PHOTO March 16, 1920 --  St. Louis police confiscaterd a "coffee boiler still" made from a gallon coffeepot, a copper coil and a lard can at a home at 3425 Clark Avenue.

Coffee-pot still and lard can confiscated by St. Louis Police during prohibition.

Today marks the 75th anniversary of the end to prohibition, and one of my old law partners sent me over a piece from the Wall Street Journal arguing for a reform of…

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05.08.2008 9:00 pm

Friday editorial: Drug wars and cynicism

John P. Walters, director of the federal Office of Drug Control Policy, was in town thisJohn Walters week, along with U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey. They came to attend an international conference called the National Methamphetamine Chemicals Initiative.

Missouri no doubt was chosen…

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