Oskar Engdahl (Goteborg): Economic Crime as Hiding Behavior. Crime fighters vs. the constitution: Where's the authority for federal laws aimed at hate crimes and sex crimes? From Newsweek, a cover story on True Crime and the roots of an American obsession (and more). Why did gay-rights activist Carol Anne Burger stab her wife with a screwdriver 222 times? A review of This Is for the Mara Salvatrucha: Inside the MS-13, America's Most Violent Gang by Samuel Logan. Psychopathic killers are the basis for some must-watch TV, but what really makes them tick? Despite the large sums the country spends on law enforcement, experts are largely at a loss to explain what makes the crime rate go up or down. A review of Ryan Grim's This is Your Country on Drugs: The Secret History of Getting High in America. In spite of efforts at law enforcement, illegal drug use is as widespread as ever. New White House drug czar Gil Kerlikowske says he wants to end the drug war, but other men in his position have tried and failed to do just that; Ricardo Cortes shows how science, politics, ego, and scandal transformed a public-health initiative into a century-long military campaign. An article on the immorality of marijuana prohibition. Michael Huemer argues we shouldn’t fight a war on drugs, we should legalise them.
