In the 1970s, the U. S. Army confronted its growing drug problem among troops in Vietnam by banning the sale and possession of cigarette papers. The brilliant rationale was that marijuana is a gateway drug and that by taking Zigzag papers out of the equation, heroin use would plummet. This thought process, much like U.S. […]
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We had just finished waxing and buffing the floors at the old Simms Supers grocery store on Airport Road. It was ten thirty on a Friday night. We were teenage boys with cars, money in our pockets, and nowhere to go. We smoked cigarettes while debating whether to go to Pizza Hut to eat or
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“Jonathon, NO!” I grabbed for my three-year-old’s hand and pulled him back from the curb. His other hand was held by his aunt, who was so busy talking to my wife that she didn’t notice that Jonathon was about to step off of the curb right into the path of a car that was turning
There are those who argue that the question of who is responsible for Bristol Palin’s current condition is nobody’s business but hers and her paramour’s. I disagree. But first, I want to make it clear that I am not engaged in slut shaming. Ms. Palin is a grown woman who can have sex whenever and
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“What the hell did you do?” my wife asked me. She gave me that look. I’ve heard that question enough times to know I messed up big time. It was our thirtieth wedding anniversary. I decided to do something different. My wife had never seen my naked face. So I decided to shave my beard
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The state of California finally did something sensible and tightened up its vaccination rules for school children. I’d like to believe that reason carried the day, but I suspect having a measles outbreak associated with Disneyland provided a financial incentive that was at least as powerful as the science. And as expected, the antivaxxers went
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