Reno News & Review, 27 Oct 2011 – Re "Dear President Barack Obama" (Guest Comment, Oct. 13): Kudos to publisher Jeff vonKaenel for his outstanding letter to President Obama. I’d like to share with the readers a short letter I wrote to President Obama:
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US CA: PUB LTE: Alcohol Is More Dangerous
Anderson Valley Post, 20 Oct 2010 – To the Editor of the Anderson Valley Post: Thank you for considering this letter for publication. Suppose you got arrested and thrown in jail with violent criminals and fired from your job for a glass of wine or bottle of beer that you consumed a week ago.
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US CA: PUB LTE: Another View
Merced Sun-Star, 06 Oct 2010 – Editor: Re: "Want legal pot? Prop. 19 isn’t the way" editorial in Monday’s Sun-Star. Perhaps Proposition 19 is not perfectly written. Almost no propositions are. Should marijuana remain completely unregulated, untaxed and controlled by criminals because Proposition 19 is not perfect? No.
posted on September 22, 2010 by
US CA: PUB LTE: It’s About Freedom
San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Sep 2010 – Kudos to Debra J. Saunders for her outstanding column about marijuana. It seems to me that the main issue of Proposition 19 is freedom – the freedom of adults to pursue their own happiness any way they want as long as they are not harming someone else.
posted on September 9, 2010 by
US OR: PUB LTE: Any Tobacco Cartels?
Albany Democrat-Herald, 07 Sep 2010 – Re: "The cartels touch Oregon," Sept. 1: How much tobacco that contains nicotine is grown in your national forests and parks? None. Why? Because it’s legal.
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US AK: PUB LTE: Metaphorical Wars Are Unwinnable
Juneau Empire, 28 Jul 2010 – I’m writing about Bill Dillon’s outstanding column: "Losing the word war" The war on drugs is just a metaphor. A metaphor that has transformed the United States into the most incarcerated nation in the history of human civilization.
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US AK: PUB LTE: Metaphorical Wars Are Unwinnable
Juneau Empire, 28 Jul 2010 – I’m writing about Bill Dillon’s outstanding column: "Losing the word war" The war on drugs is just a metaphor. A metaphor that has transformed the United States into the most incarcerated nation in the history of human civilization.
posted on August 1, 2010 by
US AK: PUB LTE: Metaphorical Wars Are Unwinnable
Juneau Empire, 28 Jul 2010 – I’m writing about Bill Dillon’s outstanding column: "Losing the word war" The war on drugs is just a metaphor. A metaphor that has transformed the United States into the most incarcerated nation in the history of human civilization.
