Daily Archives: January 10, 2005

Nice little segment on The Daily Show tonight — Jon led it off with the illegal media pieces by the Drug Czar and segued into the Dept. of Education payola scandal. And had a little fun with it as always. … Continue reading →

Interesting column in the New York Daily News by Denis Hamill In 1969, as a hippie kid at Woodstock, I sat in the mud with a score of Brooklyn pilgrims from Prospect Park’s Hippie Hill listening to festival organizers shouting … Continue reading →

Scott comes through for me (as always) with the full details of the Jam Cruise 3 drug bust (including, bizarrely, photos of all those arrested and video of the news coverage). “Jam Cruise 3” Lands Twelve in Jail Before Ship … Continue reading →

“bullet” Loretta Nall’s debate last night turned out relatively non-controversial as her “opponent” was mostly in agreement. (It’s hard to get the real prohibitionists to debate since their position has so little factual base.) You can get the story (and … Continue reading →

In yesterday’s Houston Chronicle, defense attorney Brian Samuelson has written an outstanding piece: Lawyer’s Plea on Pot Penalty. Basically, he’s calling for decriminalization and gives quite a number of excellent practical reasons for it. He also, though, lays on the … Continue reading →