According to an article in the Los Angeles Times, Arnold appeals to Republican Males in California, but does less well with Females.
- posted by Richard @ 8:11 PM

 
Another confrontation today with a so-called "Christian" Fundamentalist reminded me of an article written by Bishop Spong. Vis the Christian Right and Intolerance.
- posted by Richard @ 9:56 PM

 
Coke, Cocaine, and Crack. A review of a 1996 article that covers many of the contested ideas in the social pharmacology of cocaine is available here. The authors make the case that cocaine abuse may be psychologically or sociologically; but most likely not physiologically addictive. And certainly much less so than other more common injestibles such as caffeine, nicotine or alcohol.

Abusers overwhelming refer to themselves as addicts; yet studies have shown overwhelming support for viewing abuse as primarily an elective behavior, not a result of physical dependency on the drug, as in the opiates.
- posted by Richard @ 12:03 PM

 
The Justice Department announced Tuesday that it would launch an investigation into who disclosed the identity of a covert CIA agent, a leak the Washington Post reported occurred when unidentified White House officials called six journalists with the information. Terence Smith gets two expert views on what journalists' obligations are to both their sources and the public
- posted by Richard @ 9:40 PM

 
Canadian Pharmacy can sell select pharmaceuticals to Americans at 40% of the standard US cost. But now that it has gotten the attention of the media, WAPO and the Feds, guess how long it will be before the Pharmacy closes up shop?
- posted by Richard @ 9:04 PM

 
The ACLU has charged in an unprecedented national lawsuit that the Secret Service has ordered local police to restrict anti-Bush protesters at rallies across the country.
- posted by Richard @ 9:04 PM