| Apr 24, 2013 | Rights / DemocracyHalf a year ago, Colorado and Washington voters approved ballot measures to make marijuana legal in their states. But ending the pot prohibition can’t happen overnight, even after electoral wins like that. Just ask Gil Kerlikowske, the nation’s “drug...
| Feb 6, 2013 | Food / FarmingFour years ago, Michelle Obama picked up a shovel to make a powerful symbolic statement about America’s food and farm future: She turned a patch of White House lawn into a working organic garden. I’m guessing that now, as she begins another four years in...
| Nov 28, 2012 | Peace / SecurityAfter four decades and billions of dollars in spending, the U.S.-led “War on Drugs” has failed. Initially, this war’s architects aimed to curb drug use at home and stem production abroad. Their strategy has achieved few gains on either end. Today, an...
| Dec 6, 2010 | Rights / DemocracyI have a confession to make. I hope it won’t make you think ill of me. I have never smoked marijuana, not even a puff. Not ever. Not that I didn’t have my chances. Back in 1970 I was covering the Wadena Rock Festival in Iowa (sort of Woodstock lite) when a...
| Oct 1, 2009 | Rights / DemocracyPresident Barack Obama’s drug czar, Gil Kerlikowske, should be commended for initiating some basic reforms in U.S. drug policy. One of his first sensible acts was to drop the phrase “War on Drugs.” “Regardless of how you try to explain to...
