‘The Big Deal’ about marijuana
The numbers rolling into the Colorado Department of Education speak for themselves: school expulsion for drug violations overwhelmingly associated with marijuana use and dealing have rocketed up at alarming rates in this state. Consider: Drug violations reported by...
Oh, look! More docs reject marijuana legalization
The proclamation is clear and direct. It states: For Colorado’s public health and safety, we are opposed to legalizing marijuana for recreational use. In other words, Colorado, vote no on Amendment 64 when you see it on the November ballot. As if raising kids to...
A trip to the garden center
From the files of “Out of the Mouths of Babes” — and as recounted on my Facebook Wall to the delight of dozens of friends, who offered enthusiastic thumbs up: Christine Tatum is recovering from the trauma of visiting a garden center with her...
Lazy journalism in the NYT compounds ignorance
I love journalism. I love many journalists. I have a long track record of going to the mat to improve and protect journalism. Lazy journalism? That’s a different story entirely. Please, allow me to dissect (or is that “rip to shreds?”) a New York...Read the book
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