Mark Thornton
Articles by Mark Thornton
back to columnists »Some Conservatives Still Pine for the Good Old Days of Cannabis Prohibition
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2021/08/mark-thornton/some-conservatives-still-pine-for-the-good-ol-days-of-cannabis-prohibition/
8/31/2021
This Bust Wasn’t Caused by a Virus
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2020/04/mark-thornton/this-bust-wasnt-caused-by-a-virus/
Article by Mark Thornton.
4/27/2020
The Next Curse
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2019/11/mark-thornton/the-next-curse/
Article by Mark Thornton.
11/26/2019
How US Sugar Subsidies Bring a Red Tide
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2018/08/mark-thornton/how-us-sugar-subsidies-bring-a-red-tide-of-algae-to-floridas-shores/
Of algae to Florida's shores, by Mark Thornton.
8/18/2018
The Drug War Is Pushing More Migrants
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2018/06/mark-thornton/the-drug-war-is-pushing-more-migrants-to-our-borders/
To our borders, says Mark Thornton.
6/27/2018
The Opioid Epidemic
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2017/08/mark-thornton/the-opioid-epidemic/
Mark Thornton on who’s responsible.
8/25/2017
Reefer Madness
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2017/06/mark-thornton/reefer-madness-2/
Mark Thornton on the crazed Jeff Sessions.
6/22/2017
Wine, Art, and Ferraris
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2017/05/mark-thornton/wine-art-ferraris/
Mark Thornton on the bubble in luxury goods.
5/25/2017
The States Resist the Feds
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2017/05/mark-thornton/states-resist-feds/
And their evil war on drugs. Article by Mark Thornton.
5/17/2017
The Neocon Cure for an Opioid Epidemic
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2017/02/mark-thornton/neocon-cure-opioid-epidemic/
Throw everyone in private jail. Article by Mark Thornton.
2/10/2017
Curing the Heroin Epidemic
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2017/02/mark-thornton/curing-heroin-epidemic-2/
Mark Thornton on legalization.
2/9/2017
Marijuana, an Amazing Natural Drug
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2016/10/mark-thornton/marijuana-amazing-natural-drug/
No wonder Big Pharma hates it. Article by Mark Thornton.
10/14/2016
Curing the Heroin Epidemic
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2016/03/mark-thornton/curing-heroin-epidemic/
Mark Thornton on the libertarian way.
3/29/2016
Crazed Skyscrapers
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2016/01/mark-thornton/crazed-skyscrapers/
Mark Thornton on the end of the boom this year.
1/2/2016
The Skyscraper Curse in Auburn, Ala.
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2015/09/mark-thornton/the-skyscraper-curse-in-auburn-ala/
College town joins the mania. Article by Mark Thornton.
9/3/2015
Is the Sky Falling?
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2015/01/mark-thornton/is-the-sky-falling/
In fact, it’s sunny weather in Colorado with legal pot, says Mark Thornton.
1/14/2015
The War on Drugs Is 100 Years Old
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/12/mark-thornton/the-war-on-drugs-is-100-years-old/
It’s only helped government and its prison-industry. Article by Mark Thornton.
12/26/2014
Reign of Terror on Campus
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/06/mark-thornton/anti-male-reign-of-terror-on-campus/
Mark Thornton on politically motivated false accusations.
6/24/2014
Heroic Smugglers
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/06/mark-thornton/heroic-smugglers/
The free traders who made America. Article by Mark Thornton.
6/13/2014
Has the Skyscraper Cursed
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/06/mark-thornton/has-the-skyscraper-cursed/
Our economic future? Article by Mark Thornton.
6/11/2014
The Slavering Jaws of the Central Bank
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/05/mark-thornton/the-slavering-jaws-of-the-central-bank/
They’re chewing-up your savings, says Mark Thornton.
5/23/2014
Prohibition Is Always a Bad Idea
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/04/mark-thornton/prohibition-is-always-a-bad-idea/
Let college football fans bring their own booze, says Mark Thornton.
4/7/2014
The Criminal Drug War
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/03/mark-thornton/the-criminal-drug-war/
And Philip Seymour Hoffman. Article by Mark Thornton
3/20/2014
Still Defending the Undefendable
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/01/mark-thornton/still-defending-the-undefendable/
Walter Block. Article by Mark Thornton.
1/1/2014
When the FDA Declared War
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/12/mark-thornton/when-the-fda-declared-war/
On a Texas AIDS patient. Article by Mark Thornton.
12/12/2013
Why Is Not-Pot Illegal, Too?
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/12/mark-thornton/why-is-not-pot-illegal-too/
Mark Thornton on the war on hemp.
12/4/2013
The Skyscraper Curse Hits New York
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/11/mark-thornton/the-skyscraper-curse-hits-new-york/
Mark Thornton on Depression watch.
11/18/2013
Abolish the FDA
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/10/mark-thornton/abolish-the-fda-2/
It’s a dangerous pain in the neck, and the toe, says Mark Thornton.
10/25/2013
What Made Gatsby Great?
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/05/mark-thornton/what-made-gatsby-great/
Mark Thornton on government Prohibition.
5/16/2013
Is Today’s Pot Too Potent?
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/05/mark-thornton/is-todays-pot-too-potent/
Then legalize it, says Mark Thornton.
5/3/2013
How Drugs Can Win the War on Drugs
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/03/mark-thornton/how-drugs-can-win-the-war-on-drugs/
Through jury nullification, state nullification, personal nullification, says Mark Thornton.
3/23/2013
Nullify the War on Drugs
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/03/mark-thornton/nullify-the-war-on-drugs/
Through jury nullification, state nullification, personal nullification, says Mark Thornton.
3/23/2013
The Lincoln Movie
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2012/12/mark-thornton/the-lincoln-movie/
It's phony history at its best.
12/8/2012
Why I’m a Raging Optimist
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2012/11/mark-thornton/why-im-a-raging-optimist/
Mark Thornton on the future of Austrian economics and freedom.
11/30/2012
Would Ron Paul’s Drug Freedom Lead to ‘Needle Park’?
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2011/07/mark-thornton/would-ron-pauls-drug-freedom-lead-to-needle-park/
Mark Thornton on the truth about prohibitionism.
7/22/2011
Don’t Raise the Debt Ceiling
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2011/07/mark-thornton/dont-raise-the-debt-ceiling/
Lower it, says Mark Thornton.
7/16/2011
Ron Paul Is Right
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2011/07/mark-thornton/ron-paul-is-right-5/
Legalize drugs now, says Mark Thornton.
7/2/2011
End the War on Milk
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2011/06/mark-thornton/end-the-war-on-milk/
Real milk, that is.
6/16/2011
Marijuana Is Safer
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2009/12/mark-thornton/marijuana-is-safer/
So why are we driving people to drink, asks Mark Thornton.
12/1/2009
Why Did Lou Dobbs ‘Quit’?
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2009/11/mark-thornton/why-did-lou-dobbs-quit/
Mark Thornton on the truth.
11/19/2009
Just Hoppe and Me
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2009/10/mark-thornton/just-hoppe-and-me/
Mark Thornton on the day he tossed out statist economic textbooks.
10/21/2009
Friend or Foe?
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2008/10/mark-thornton/friend-or-foe/
Mark Thornton on what "America" really means.
10/29/2008
Can Another Great Depression Be Stopped?
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2008/09/mark-thornton/can-another-great-depression-be-stopped/
Well, the feds, having caused it, can at least not make it worse.
9/12/2008
Stick With the GOP, Go Independent, Drop Out
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2008/02/mark-thornton/stick-with-the-gop-go-independent-drop-out/
Mark Thornton and Thomas E. Woods, Jr., on what Ron Paul might do.
2/7/2008
New Ads for Ron Paul
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2008/01/thomas-woods/new-ads-for-ron-paul/
Mark Thornton and Tom Woods suggest a strategy.
1/24/2008
Eat the Rich?
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2007/08/mark-thornton/eat-the-rich-2/
Mark Thornton on Are the Rich Necessary? by Hunter Lewis.
8/29/2007
The Ron Paul Ultimatum
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2007/08/mark-thornton/the-ron-paul-ultimatum/
Mark Thornton on Jason Bourne and the CIA.
8/11/2007
Just Freaky
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2007/08/mark-thornton/just-freaky/
Mark Thornton on Freakonomics.
8/10/2007
You Heard It Here First
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2007/08/mark-thornton/you-heard-it-here-first/
Mark Thornton on the housing bubble.
8/9/2007
Bomb Iran?
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2007/06/mark-thornton/bomb-iran/
A song by Mark Thornton, with apologies to the Beach Boys (but not to the earlier pro-war parody).
6/14/2007
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