Guest Columns
We’re Losing the Drug War Because Prohibition Never Works
We’re Losing the Drug War Because Prohibition Never Works By Hodding Carter III. There is clearly no point in beating a dead horse, whether you are a politician or a columnist, but sometimes you have to do it just the same, if only for the record. So, for the record, here’s another attempt to argue […] Continue reading
Woodstock Was Not Stoned on Starbucks
Taking a stroll down memory lane I watched the movie, “Woodstock” and also “Taking Woodstock” and “Across the Universe”, all of which give a glimpse into the 60’s spirit. The thing that strikes me more than anything else is the calmness of the people, all three hundred thousand of them. And I can’t help but […] Continue reading
Kiss a Lawyer, Kill Your Television
By Harrell Graham So now where are we 40 years after the 60’s? Tired and retired, in a world of giant corporations that transcend national boundaries, laws, rules and regulations. The good news is this is still a country where you can fight if you want to. You won’t be shot or killed (well, probably […] Continue reading
September 21st: Peace One Day
September 21st: Peace One Day The month of September certainly has its fair share of memorable historical events attached to it. Its eleventh day will forever be indelibly etched into our minds as the tragic day the twin towers fell to the culmination of the bitter enmities between two reactionary ideologies, if not for the […] Continue reading
Putting aside our differences to make a difference!
Our Zeitgeist: Putting aside our differences to make a difference! Five years after embarking into a brave new millennium, twenty years after my birth, the miners’ strike, and the year that George Orwell indelibly etched into our minds as the symbol of a nightmare totalitarian society; and what portrait can we paint today? What threads […] Continue reading
Cheech and Chong Conspiracy
Cheech and Chong Conspiracy The Grassy Bowl Theory!! By: Mike Marino Sex…Drugs…Rock n’ Roll! The left over baggy of the seeds and stems of Haight Ashbury’s purple haze daze, and the tie-dyed Summer of Love have long since gone up in smoke. It was a dimebag time of rolling papers, roach clips, and badda-bing, badda-bong […] Continue reading
Haight Ashbury: The Spare Change Tour
HAIGHT ASHBURY The Spare Change Tour! By: Mike Marino The Spare Change Sixties gave birth to a flower power Garden of Urban Eden in San Francisco’s Haight Ashbury District. Half a world away the war raged on in Vietnam while a counter culture of dissent protested and searched for answers on the homefront. Olive drab […] Continue reading
North Beach: The Beat Goes On!!
NORTH BEACH The Beat Goes On Tour! By: Mike Marino NORTH BEACH…The Beat Goes On!! Many people have truly Left Their Heart in San Francisco!! The Bagdad by the Bay has left its indelible imprint on visitors and residents alike and is many things to many people. Its The Golden Gate Bridge…a stalwart sentry sitting […] Continue reading
Hippie Roots & The Perennial Subculture
By Gordon Kennedy & Kody Ryan Wandervogels Abschied by Fidus, 1900 According to Webster’s dictionary (2003) a hippie or hippy is: a young person of the 1960’s who rejected established social mores, advocated spontaneity, free expression of love and the expansion of consciousness, often wore long hair and unconventional clothes, and used psychedelic drugs. This […] Continue reading
Supreme Court Vs. Medical Marijuana Users
By Paul Dougan By a six-to-three margin, the Supreme Court proclaims sick Americans easing their pain with pot are criminal. So, an 85-year-old grandmother trying to deal with the nausea caused by her chemotherapy, seeking, perhaps, to follow the advice of her physician, is an enemy of the state. Yes, here in America, that noble […] Continue reading