By Joe Conason 10/20/03 12:00am

Rush’s Drug Use No Joking Matter

As a man with firm and simple opinions about almost everything, America’s most successful radio personality told his listeners years ago what society should do about unfortunate people like Rush Limbaugh: send them to prison.

Back in 1995, arguing against liberal leniency toward dope fiends, Mr. Limbaugh endorsed the boilerplate ideology and draconian methods of Read More

By Anne Roiphe 8/20/01 12:00am

Waging War on Drugs-The Wrong Ones

It isn’t at all clear to me why Officer Joseph Gray, who was

drinking in a topless bar for hours before he killed four family members in a

drunk-driving accident, was engaging in a perfectly legal activity, while any

number of black mothers who, say, transported a package of coke from downtown

to uptown for Read More