Some politicians are still attempting to use last summer's forest fires for
political advantage. Two House committees have approved a harmful anti-forests
bill sponsored by Rep. Scott McInnis (Colo.) and Rep. Greg Walden (Ore.) that
will...
14 May 2003
There are so many smellier corpses in the New York Times'
mausoleum, not to mention that larger graveyard of truth known as the Fourth
Estate, that it's hard to get too upset about what Jayson Blair did. Oh, to
be sure, he made up a bunch...
12 May 2003
I am writing this on the behalf of my fellow American Indian students and myself who are tired of being ignored, silenced, and dismissed with words of support that those in the position to help us feel we want to hear but do...
07 May 2003
Not so long ago, I commented on a column by Christopher Hitchens in Vanity
Fair, in which this well-known toper addressed himself to the theme of "How
To Make Drink One's Slave and Not One's Master." Having already had
rich sport...
04 May 2003
I just received a call from Peggy Kidwell concerning her husband Joe
"Hemp"
Kidwell. Joe was an outspoken medical marijuana activist in Southern
California who moved to Kentucky. In Kentucky, he was arrested for
possession. He was not...
04 May 2003
On April 30, 2003, Dylan Hallsmith, the founder of the Kids 4 Kucinich campaign, met with Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) in Washington. Kids 4 Kucinich is working to raise awareness among young people about the importance of getting...