August 18, 1774 and 1992: into the wild
Of courage undaunted, possessing a firmness and perseverance of purpose which nothing but impossibilities could divert from its direction, ... honest, disinterested, liberal, of sound understanding...
View ArticleThis is my story – I hope that it finds you
Cross posted from Docudharma. Note #1: This is a highly personal diary but it touches on some important issues like education, prison reform, the drug war, the death penalty, war and peace, and man’s...
View ArticleBREAKING: McCain wrote on Behalf of Civil Rights Villain
Why did John McCain write letters on behalf of Alabama resident and murderer suspect James B. Fowler, who is currently awaiting trial for a slaying dating back to the civil rights era, while Fowler was...
View ArticleNortheastern PA Drug Bust - "Obama 09"
So I was browsing a forum I frequent and I come across an article about a drug bust in Northeastern PA, Scranton, I think. Five people got busted for selling heroin. The funny part is one of the 3...
View ArticleJohn Torres' Death Linked to Lariam
For those who have been following Juan Torres’ investigation into the death of his son, Army SPC John Torres at Bagram Airfield Afghanistan in 2004, there are new and startling developments reported in...
View ArticleIs it Time to Rethink our Drug Policy?
Is it time to end the drug war once and for all? Is it time America takes a more educated approach to the issue? Young Adults are dying in our country, while Europe takes a more logical approach to...
View Article1948--2008 Some are still here but....
My father was a depression man And went through World War Two When I was young he told me. "Son, I'm doing this for you. Work my ass off at the store. They also serve who stand and wait It won't be...
View ArticleWORLD'S MOST FAMOUS JUNKIE goes clean, gets repair work
Amy Winehouse. End of 2008 has one simple miracle. The girl is now 25-years old and took a record 5 Grammys early 2008. Her "Back to Black" CD ran #1 worldwide for 2007 and still selling top level. A...
View ArticleAfghan Peacemaking
Obama has proposed sending 30,000 more US soldiers to escalate the wars in Afghanistan. We at Peacework Magazine published a special issue on Afghan Peacemaking (our December 2008/January 2009 issue)....
View ArticlePat me on the back-PLEASE !
George W. Bush is not the only one trying to tell us how great a job he did-the media is also telling us how hard they were on him . Anyone watch the Colbert Report on Thursday ? I felt Steve said it...
View ArticleHillary: Afghanistan Is A Narco State
I will admit that I groaned when President-elect Barack Obama first named Hillary Clinton to be Secretary of State, not because of her qualifications, but because I was concerned about the influence of...
View ArticleNewsweek is Wrong: This is Not Obama's Vietnam
In the latest issue of Newsweek, John Barry and Evan Thomas have a story about Afghanistan entitled "Obama's Vietnam" which once again uses the same tired comparison that MSM journalists tend to make...
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Our Afghan War for Pipeline & Poppy Fields
...it is more likely we are in Afghanistan because someone thinks they can make a lot of money there, from the Trans Afghanistan Pipeline and so Wall Street can continue to collect the income from the...
View ArticleAfghan opium: a proposal.
Today's New York Times editorial on Afghanistan laments that country's continuing disintegration, and summarizes some of the symptoms, but only hints at one of the deep causes: opium. Afghan farmers...
View ArticleHeroin Addiction, the Finance Bubble, and Obama
The Republicans are preparing a populist revolt for 2010 where they blame Obama for the economy. To understand what Obama and Geithner are doing -- and this is independent of the question of how well...
View ArticleDrugs and Death at Bagram
A trailer of Drugs and Death at Bagram, the documentary film that chronicles the death of Army Specialist John Torres, is available for viewing on the film’s web site and can be accessed at the link...
View ArticleGermany's Drug Laws Just Changed
By a large majority in the German Bundestag, the German government has voted to legalize the controlled administration of Diamorphine (an artificial form of Heroin) to anyone addicted to Heroin for...
View ArticleThe New War on Drugs: Heroin in the Heartland
Richard Farrell, the author of What's Left of Us: A Memoir, comments on a recent New York Times article about the spread of heroin in America's heartland.
View ArticleTeddy Bears Resort to Life of Crime
DEA agents and New York City’s finest were shocked last weekend to find yet another segment of society corrupted by the War on Drugs — Teddy Bears. In a raid on a Bronx safehouse, police and federal...
View ArticlePossession of marijuana, cocaine and heroin legalized
Sanity breaks out in Mexico. Mexico decriminalized small amounts of marijuana, cocaine and heroin on Friday — a move that prosecutors say makes sense even in the midst of the government's grueling...
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