by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Jun 4, 2020 | Culture, Health, Politics
I have friends in the NYPD who describe to me constantly being approached by “youths” that make a finger gun at them and say something like “turn your back on me, piggie, and see what you get.” A lot of the cops have strapped on extra guns...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 31, 2020 | Culture, Drug Policy, Guns, Politics
The protests (warranted) and riots (unjustifiable) prompted by the horrific death of George Floyd under the knee of a police officer produce all sorts of stupidity masquerading as truth-to-power armchair wisdom. This morning, I found my email in-box loaded with half a...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | May 29, 2020 | Economics, Health, Opinion, Politics
A core mission of the World Health Organization (WHO) is to serve as the world’s pandemic alarm system. In this, it failed, badly. The cause of this failure can be traced to a common theme: the nature of bureaucracy itself. It’s a common theme on this...
by Peter Venetoklis | May 8, 2020 | Health, Politics
As public consciousness of the COVID-19 pandemic’s death toll gives way to the economic impact of shut-downs, border closings, and other mitigation measures, the matter of when and how to reopen the economy and lift restrictions on people’s movements and...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Mar 4, 2020 | Drug Policy, Economics
This article is the first in a series on the interplay between drug abuse, crime and mental illness. Issues will be individually illustrated by my experiences as a paramedic. – EDN The USA incarcerates more people than the rest of the developed world combined....
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