March 2006
Punishing Pain - New York Times
Wheelchair-bound multiple sclerosis patient Richard Paey is serving 25 years in a Florida prison for "trafficking" a half gramme of OxyContin, even though the prosecutor concedes that Paey never sold any of his medications. In prison, he now receives mor
February 2006
The New Yorker: The Memo by Jane Mayer
How an internal effort to ban the abuse and torture of detainees was thwarted.
Educators face blowback for protesting Iraq war
Just over three years ago, as the nation readied for war with Iraq, elementary school teacher Deb Mayer stood in front of her class and uttered the word that would get her blacklisted from her profession - 'Peace'
village voice > news > Mondo Washington by James Ridgeway
since 9-11, in one test after another, news organizations using undercover teams have easily broken through the FAA security apparatus, rendering the entire business unworkable.
December 2005
The Seattle Times: Opinion: Legalize drugs — all of them
I was a cop for 34 years, the last six of which I spent as chief of Seattle's police department. But no, I don't favor decriminalization. I favor legalization, and not just of pot but of all drugs, including heroin, cocaine, meth, psychotropics, mushro
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