To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Monday, April 29, 2024

Observercast

Cannabis: America’s Common Sense Crops

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER In 1914, newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst mounted a yellow-journalism crusade to demonize the entire genus of cannabis plants. Why? To sell newspapers, of course, but also because he was heavily invested in wood-pulp newsprint, and he wanted to shut down competition from paper made from hemp – a species of cannabis […]

College Bowl Games Become Corporate Money Games

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER Growing up in Texas, I learned that God and guns were important, but football – well, football was the real religion, the essence of life itself. So I can understand the hyperbolic exuberance of a radio hypester in Montgomery, AL, who declared that the Dec. 20 Camellia Bowl was “going to be […]

The Rich And Their Anti-Vaccine Quacks

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BY FROMA HARROP California parents are refusing to vaccinate their kindergartners at twice the rate of seven years ago. So the Los Angeles Times reports. The result has been the return of measles and other serious diseases that can lead to paralysis, birth defects and death. The state is now suffering a whooping cough epidemic […]

David Koch Loves Manhattan

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BY FROMA HARROP One may start the day at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. On the way in, you’ll pass through the new David H. Koch Plaza – the result of a $65 million gift from David H. Koch. After lunch, cross Central Park to the American Museum of Natural History, and marvel at […]

GOP, Stop Making Excuses For Scalise

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BY JOE CONASON The unsavory story of Rep. Steve Scalise, Louisiana Republican and House majority whip, should serve as a clear warning to the leaders of the Republican Party. They need to ask why their message attracts some of the most despicable elements in American society – and why they can’t effectively reject those extremists. […]