NAS, NAM Leaders Decry ‘Politicization of Science’
9/25/20 The presidents of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine,...
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Author: Fred Gardner
Tools of the Early Narcs
From Dale Gieringer 9/23/20: This photo was e-mailed to me by the DEA Museum, which is currently closed for the flu. It shows the weaponry that was issued to the first federal narcotics enforcement agents in 1915: a Thompson...
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A Farm in the City
“My liaison to the medical marijuana community” is how District Attorney Terence Hallinan sometimes introduced me. “Public Information Officer” was the job title, and I gave the City and County of San...
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Barbara Ehrenreich at the Commonwealth Club
January 18, 2007 Barbara Ehrenreich made a quick visit to San Francisco last week to promote her...
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Kayo vs. DiFi
Kayo vs. DiFi Last week former Congressman Tom Campbell was back in the news as founder of a new...
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‘Russian Meddling’ in Perspective
9/10/20 Today the NYer posted an article entitled “Is Russian Meddling as Dangerous as we...
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Nobody Wins a War Anymore
“The notion that somebody or some country wins a war is bogus. The U.S. hasn’t won a war in...
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Vincent Hallinan’s Overlooked Running Mate
By Fred Gardner Although our Hallinan saga was meant to follow rough chronological order,...
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