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Very weird watching this commercial in the Super Bowl. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGgosT-v5sw

The bizarrely silly musical “Sheep’s on the Lamb” (for which I am leading the orchestra, playing keyboard and penny whistle) opened last night to cheers from the good-sized house. Our final performance is tonight. Here’s a fun video from the … Continue reading →

Heckled during speech, Mexico’s president defends drug war Mexican President Felipe Calderon has once again clashed with a citizen angry about the effects of the country’s drug war, this time during a speech in which a man in the audience … Continue reading →

I assume most of you have used a chain saw or been next to one that was in operation. It’s loud. As a tool, it’s pretty darn terrifying and its destructive capability is intense. We need to do a better … Continue reading →

Colombian President Juana Manuel Santos has been stirring things up a bit. Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos called on the U.S. and Europe on Saturday to break the taboo and start a global debate on the legalization of drugs, reiterating … Continue reading →

Top cop says 12yo girl’s strip search justified That’s the world in which we live — the world of the drug war.

Josh Gerstein at Politico had a prediction that Obama would answer a marijuana question last night based on a conversation with a Google staffer: Google is signaling that it won’t let any single issue, like marijuana legalization, dominate its online … Continue reading →

If you believe that hiring a drug-sniffing dog to go through your house is a good way to get connected to your child’s life, then you might want to re-think your entire parenting approach. Dog for hire sniffs out drug … Continue reading →

Did you know that Maricopa County, Arizona does the training for “85 percent of all drug-recognition experts in North America”? That’s the shocker (to me, at least) in this article: RCMP halts training with U.S. force over abuse findings Training … Continue reading →

I got an email from President Barack Obama on Friday. I didn’t realize he knew me, but it was a nice letter and apparently he wants to hear from me personally! The day after I delivered my State of the … Continue reading →