by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Jul 4, 2016 | Culture, Drug Policy, Politics
I am a paramedic with over two decades working all over New York City. I worked in Harlem during the crack epidemic and have seen heroin trends come and go. Of all the public health officials who deal with drug abuse, we are the only ones who actually contact the...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jun 30, 2016 | Drug Policy, Guns, Politics
A recent conversation I had about guns and gun policy crossed the increasingly common argument that pro-gun people are simply saying that gun crime and mass shootings are a price they’re willing to pay in order to keep their guns. I’d call this a straw...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jun 29, 2016 | Culture, Opinion
An article over at The Federalist posited an interesting question about what society accepts and what it does not. Why Is Transgender An Identity But Anorexia A Disorder, is about where we draw the line between individual choice and mental illness, but it raises a...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jun 25, 2016 | Culture, Politics
A few years ago, I attended a small party, a birthday celebration for a friend of a friend. The celebrant’s husband worked for the United Nations, as did some of the other party goers (all Europeans). They were nice enough people, but my lingering memory of that...
by Peter Venetoklis | Jun 21, 2016 | Culture, Politics
There’s a long-standing tradition in politics of deeming the guy at the top “stupid” if you don’t like his politics. George W. Bush is arguably the most famous of our recent presidents to suffer such slings and arrows, but if you Google...
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