Monthly Archives: July 2007

Scooter Libby is free. Richard Paey is in prison. President Bush said that Libby’s 2 1/2 year sentence was “excessive.” Richard Paey’s sentence is 25 years.

Am I dreaming? Joe Biden, sponsor of the Rave Act and inventor of the Drug Czar, is now positioning himself as a leader in crack/powder disparity reform. Everybody realizes that the crack/powder disparity is racist in its effect and is … Continue reading →

On July 12, the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Crime, will be holding hearings on DEA oversight. Apparently, an important part of those hearings will focus on the DEA’s involvement/interference with doctors treating pain, and some outstanding witnesses are being … Continue reading →

On PBS tomorrow (Tuesday, July 3) is the premiere of Standing Silent Nation by Suree Towfighnia and Courtney Hermann In April 2000, Alex White Plume and his Lakota family planted industrial hemp on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota … Continue reading →

Transform continues its excellent series (extracts from an upcoming publication) with a brief analysis of various types audiences reformers will end up against: Evangelical prohibitionists, Knee-jerk prohibitionists, Unconvinced reformers, and Prohibitionist politicians. There are some useful, and fun, descriptions there. … Continue reading →