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Archive for the ‘Social Issues’ Category

Found: A Jackass in Boston

May 16, 2009

In spring of ‘09 a Boston radio host launched on-air attacks on Mexican immigrants to the U.S. He was counting on ratings but was met instead with a suspension. He was subsequently reinstated by his station but with a change in tune. I had last seen a jackass years ago in the Missouri Ozarks, and […]

Your Drug of Choice?

April 4, 2009

What was true before is so now, that the toll from alcohol abuse (not just addiction) is more costly to society, humanly and economically, than all other drugs in the top ten put together. Ignorance of certain drugs will endure till pigs fly, thanks to the yakkety-yak and panic induced by politicians and law enforcement. […]