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Standing in the Harvard-Yale tailgate, I was struck by the feeling that the event was less of a party and more of a “de-beer-iterized zone.” Hordes of police looked over the students standing ankle-deep in muck and surrounded by the Great Wall of Porta-Potties (undoubtedly erected to keep out the Mongolians, ie. undergraduates, with their public-urination ways...

Author: By Steven T. Cupps | Title: H.arvard W.ithout A.lcohol | 12/4/2006 | See Source »

Already, rogue controllers—wireless and attached to gamers’ hands with only a relatively flimsy cord—have escaped from over-excited players’ grips, smashing televisions and beer glasses; it’s only a matter of time before someone pokes a friend’s eye out with a renegade Wiimote. On the popular gaming message board 1up.com, poster Shadowfamicom warns ominously that “the Wii will kill...

Author: By Will B. Payne, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: PAYNEFUL TRUTHS: Occupational Hazard: Wii Will Kill Us All | 11/30/2006 | See Source »

...possessing it. Not even close. I'm not an oncologist, but I haven't seen a case of lung cancer clearly related to dope smoking. Memory loss, depression, anxiety? Could it be as bad as turning 50? As for it being a gateway drug - how about beer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why I'm Not Against, Like, Oh Wow Man, Pot | 11/30/2006 | See Source »

...numbers are about as relevant to the problem of drunk driving as the ratio of cars to bumblebees. These numbers, rolled out by MADD like WWI howitzers, do not evaluate whether drinking actually contributed to the accident. So, if a sober driver hits a driver who had a beer at dinner, it is recorded as an “alcohol-related” accident. In fact, as noted by Radley Balko, a Cato Institute analyst, when the Los Angeles Times examined accident data in 2002, it found that only 5,000 of the 18,000 “alcohol-related?...

Author: By Piotr C. Brzezinski | Title: Drunk Until Proven Innocent | 11/21/2006 | See Source »

Ultimately, the MADD goal of eliminating all drunk driving will require preventing any drinking whatsoever prior to driving; if no one can drink one beer, no one can drink 12. Progressive Puritanism—the endeavor to eliminate all risky behaviors—might eventually succeed in creating a safe, well-organized society, but we’ll have to forget about having that innocent glass of wine at a restaurant...

Author: By Piotr C. Brzezinski | Title: Drunk Until Proven Innocent | 11/21/2006 | See Source »

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