Wild Times on the Campaign Trail

Jodie being interviewed by CKNW radio at the Vancouver Art Gallery for the “420” rally I am exhausted! But I’m also having a wonderful time meeting people, and learning a lot from various groups and individuals. Who knew campaigning could be so educational? On Tuesday, April 14th I was on CBC Radio’s “Early Edition” withRead More

Drug War Horror Stories

The Supreme Court takes failing to get it to a new level in a strip-search case. - By Dahlia Lithwick - Slate Magazine

Obama’s Special Interest Groups

Lets say you heard someone screaming in pain or gasping urgently to catch their breath as they were drowning. What would you do? Would you turn the screw a little tighter on the person who is screaming? Would you push the drowning person’s head under the water one more time? Probably not – or so I would hope.

Impressed With Positive 4/20 Coverage

I've been happy to see a lot of very positive coverage of the 4/20 rallies this year. Rather than depicting the crowds as 'just a bunch of pot-smoking slackers looking for a good time', the media actually presented us as activists with a political message.