While most of the country — and the media — is absorbed with the Ebola epidemic, it is the enterovirus-D68 that presents much more of a danger, especially to those of us in Denver, Colorado. Although experts do not know why Colorado appears to be the focus of this incredibly […]
Category: General
Anyone born in the 1960’s and later — the so-called Generation X and Millennial Generation — are lucky to have never experienced polio or measles. Those diseases were eradicated, for the most part, by the introduction of vaccines in the 1950’s. Vaccines were also developed for mumps and rubella, given […]
Driving Under the Influence of Marijuana: The Struggle to Define a Legal Limit
Legalizing marijuana before determining a legal standard for when someone is considered driving under the influence of marijuana has left law enforcement without the proper tools to keep impaired drivers off the road. Some might say it is a classic case of “putting the cart before the horse.” Others counter […]
Open Carry of Firearms: Corporations make public policy when government fails to
The national gun debate has gone corporate. The historic and heated feud between gun activists, who invoke the Second Amendment to support their claim to carry any firearm anywhere, anytime, and those in favor of gun control, who point to Sandy Hook, Aurora, and other mass shootings to bolster their […]
On August 2, 2009, David Riley was pulled over in San Diego, California, for having expired tags and a suspended driver’s license. As per police policy, the car was impounded and a warrantless search was conducted. Two handguns were found in the car that was connected to a shooting that […]