Cannabis in Cambridge
June 2 Julie Zauzner of the Harvard Crimson surveyed the class of 2013 and reported,...
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Author: Fred Gardner
Calling Sgt. Northcutt
Retrieving an O’Shaughnessy’s piece about Iraq vet Phil Northcutt, I came across a site called abovetopsecret.com, to which somebody had sent the link. A quick note: I know that topics regarding illegal drugs are to...
Read MorePrescient Norbert Wiener
May 20 From William Steinsmith, MD, who pulled out this quote: “…These new machines have a great capacity for upsetting the present basis of industry, and of reducing the economic value of the routine factory...
Read MoreThree Fables by Aesop
• An Old Man with a load of firewood on his back trudged along the road. He had come far and had a long way to go. Suddenly overcome by tiredness, he put down his load and sighed aloud for death. Suddenly, Death was there beside...
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The Band Played On
The late Randy Shilts wrote a great book about the AIDS epidemic, And the Band Played On. The...
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Prohibition ’37: For the Birds
NARRATOR: The next witness, also from the hemp industry, had been introduced prior to adjournment...
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Prohibition ’37: The Hemp Lobbyist
NARRATOR: Act two, scene two: “The Hemp Lobbyist Befuddled.” Comes now the Honorable Ralph F....
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The New York Times on “Legalization”
May 20 The Times ran a big op-ed piece about marijuana this morning by Bill...
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On the Detroit River: Legal Cannabis to Kochs’ Coke
May 17 Today’s New York Times has a front page story about an ecodisaster waiting to...
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