E.D. Kain is a blogger and freelance writer. Currently he serves as Editor-in-Chief of The League of Ordinary Gentlemen and writes a tech blog at Forbes. Visit his politics blog here. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The National Review, The Washington Examiner, and the now-defunct True/Slant. You can also contact him via email.
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Erik:
This your primary venue now? I always tried to read you a TrueSlant because it monetized your writing. Funny think for lefty to say.
As someone who enjoys drinking the occasional beer or two, as well as (much less often) smoking a bowl or two, I have to say it always bothers me when legalization advocates try to score points by showing alcohol consumption in the worst possible light and then saying, “But, hey, *that’s* legal!” Let’s be honest- the blue-noses they’re trying to convince to legalize pot will just look at something like that and say, “I guess they’re right- maybe we should criminalize alcohol!”
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