Day February 24, 2005

My cable modem is from Roadrunner / Times Warner. They called last week, said my connection appeared to be slow,  and could they come and fix it free. Today, they replaced the wire from the pole to the house, and swapped…

Dr. Bonner’s wins DEA battle to allow hemp in its soap. (Actually, commercial hemp, which is legally grown in Europe and Canada, has no THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, and is all stalk and no leaf, which makes it completely…

Hunter Thompson’s political instincts and radar were scary. There were few in American politics anywhere near him. A couple years ago, he released two volumes of letters from the 50s and 60s. In 1965, Thompson was living in San Francisco…

A US marine, captured on film shooting a wounded Iraqi at point blank range during last year’s assault on Falluja, will not be formally charged.