http://suburra.com/blog Sun, 04 May 2008 00:52:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en R.I.P. Albert Hofmann  News organizations have acknowledged that their coverage leading up to the Iraq War was "far too deferential and uncritical." (LINK) At least they had an excuse - how do you investigate cooked "intelligence" cloaked in "national security"? When will news organizations acknowledge they have perpetuated the War on Drugs by echoing its ... http://suburra.com/blog/2008/05/the-ap-mugs-a-dead-albert-hofmann/       In the late 1950s and early 1960s when both sex and race were fiercely off-limits Robert Gover courageously breached both topics. He wrote a novel, One Hundred Dollar Misunderstanding (1962), about a black prostitute and a rich white college boy. It was initially rejected by American publishers. Only after being successfully issued in Europe was it published ... http://suburra.com/blog/2008/04/a-brave-best-selling-writer-gets-me-he-really-gets-me/ Heroin Kills? To get people to read my book I employ the common technique of teasers. Teasers for non-fiction books are often facts that will startle the reader and encourage them to find out more. None of my teasers have provoked greater skepticism, scorn, and anger than the statement, "Heroin is harmless." I am not naive or callous. ... http://suburra.com/blog/2008/04/heroin-is-harmless/ On March 17, 2008, Vice President Dick Cheney visited Baghdad. He was promptly greeted by a car bomb that rocked Baghdad and injured three people. Before the end of the day a suicide bomber killed at least 40 people in the neighboring city of Karbala, two American soldiers were killed by ... http://suburra.com/blog/2008/03/dick-cheney-could-kick-your-ass/ This cartoon stems from my amazement at recent comments made by Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, and John McCain about the Iraq War. Their gall is breathtaking. Its right column contains morsels I've heard from hawks in the past. Just like with the Drug War, the Iraq War was precipitated by dishonest fearmongering (LINK to Bush's Iraq ... http://suburra.com/blog/2008/03/were-war-pigs-so-you-got-a-problem-with-that/