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Paint out an exaggerated caricature of the Left and you are likely to find among “Bible-burning,” “latte-drinking,” and “tax-raising” the common epithet “pot-smoking.” A well-stuffed joint is, apparently, a familiar staple in the progressive’s quiver alongside a Che shirt and a burning American flag. Unfortunately, marijuana as political issue goes better to the tune of “Puttin’ on the Ritz” than...

Author: By Garrett G.D. Nelson | Title: The Stoner’s Dilemma | 10/1/2007 | See Source »

...disingenuous and regressive to attack the “degenerate habit” of marijuana from a cultural stand, as conservatives frequently do. It is hard to argue that the puffs of pot that waft out of college dormitories are inculcating slothfulness or Marxism among developing generations. It is even harder to attack pot from a cultural standpoint when it is hardly the exclusive domain of young people; when presidential candidates can openly admit their use of the drug without consequence, it is clear enough that the mainstreaming of pot is complete. While the aesthetic horror of a lazy smoking...

Author: By Garrett G.D. Nelson | Title: The Stoner’s Dilemma | 10/1/2007 | See Source »

...term like global warming is too benign, especially for those like me who live in a cold climate and might welcome an increase of a few degrees. Perhaps we should use the term global boiling, like the proverbial experiment in which a frog stays in a gradually warming pot of water and eventually dies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox: Oct. 8, 2007 | 9/27/2007 | See Source »

...MORE GREAT TASTE But the smaller percentage is now applied to a larger pot of money--one that combines a state grant program with the Urban Area Security Initiative. That ensures that low-risk states will still end up with a big pile of cash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dashboard: Oct. 8, 2007 | 9/27/2007 | See Source »

...shadow of Brown University has some definitive advantages. For example, I was always aware of what ironic-message T-shirt was about to burst upon the waiting market well before it was released in stores. I got to see shirtless people jogging. And I knew what pot smelled like before I was 11.However, despite the fact that I went to high school directly across the street from some Brown tennis courts, I didn’t really investigate Brown culture until a couple of weeks ago.It was then that yours truly attended a dank party in an eerie house...

Author: By Rebecca M. Harrington, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Colorful Fashion? Not At Brown | 9/27/2007 | See Source »

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