| Jun 7, 2010 | Rights / DemocracyThe Drug War Has a mission; ‘Bout as smart as Prohibition. The Associated Press recently reported on some exhaustive research, undertaken by the nonprofit International Centre for Science in Drug Policy. These tireless scholars examined 300 studies covering the...
| May 31, 2010 | Rights / DemocracyThere’s no doubt about it: The tea party is on a roll. Its support helped propel Scott Brown into Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat; it led the way in shouldering aside ultra-conservative Robert Bennett in Utah’s Senate primary, in favor of an even more...
| | Rights / DemocracyPaper, TV, Make me blue; Hard to figure out What’s true. Recent times have been cruel to corporate media. Newspapers, magazines, TV, and even radio are all battling the wolf at the door. Often, the wolf wins. Print publications especially are under the gun. Many...
| | Food / FarmingAs an old TV ad used to say: “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature.” Monsanto Corp., however, still has not taken Mother’s advice. This giant chemical maker became a veritable Frankenstein in the 1990s, genetically engineering new organisms in...
| May 24, 2010 | Rights / DemocracyI don’t think President Obama should have nominated Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. Don’t get me wrong; It’s not that I think she’s too conservative. That would be the granola/Birkenstock wing of the Democratic Party. And it’s certainly...
