It's always fascinating to watch lawmakers tout their belief in small government while simultaneously legislating extremely personal components of Americans' lives.
No one expected Sean Penn to interview the world's most wanted drug kingpin after he escaped prison for the second time. But three months before El Chapo was recaptured by Mexican Marines, he was hanging out with the actor in a jungle for a lengthy Rolling Stone interview. In an interesting turn of events, Penn's discussion with El Chapo has been criticized as "unethical" by politicians and journalists who couldn't score or stomach the interview.
Back in 2012, authorities in Kansas raided the home of two CIA analysts due to suspicions that the couple was trafficking marijuana. When the SWAT team barged into the home of Robert and Addie Harte in search of a major grow operation, they failed to find any evidence of the sort, so they changed their objective to finding pot for personal use. They found nothing.
The internet is buzzing after Charlie Sheen's Today Show appearance, where he announced that he has been HIV positive for more than four years. I shouldn't be surprised that memes and jokes about Sheen #notwinning would be trending on social media, but speculation about his behavior leading up to his diagnosis and the subsequent online reaction was upsetting.