Cue the violins and cry me a river for all the poor, poor white bigots who’re gonna be, like, sooooooo disappointed when they discover that the Constitution — which, like the Bible, is often waved about and banged upon by people who’ve obviously never read it — applies equally to everyone and that [...]

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No, I’m not sayin’ Happy B’Day to Hitler! (Just a little trivia…)
What I am referring to is the other meaning of 420, or 4/20, or 4:20, or April 20th and how an Associated Press-CNBC poll on the medical and recreational use of marijuana was released today, April 20, 2010. (Y’all think that mighta been on [...]

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In an alternate reality, when obesity had reached epidemic proportions, annual deaths from obesity-related illnesses surpassed the yearly rate of tobacco-related deaths, and diabetes mellitus type 2 was presenting in ever younger patients as more and more children became overweight, a war on fat was declared.
Foods deemed as fattening and/or unhealthy were formally classified as [...]

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Because prohibitionists are usually rather averse to participating in any sort of debate in which the untenability of the drug war — a.k.a. Prohibition II, the sequel with a much bigger budget, a lot more hype, and a far higher body count — might be exposed, I thought I was onto something interesting when I [...]

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