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Publication: The Reality-Based Community

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports

Sports rules and laws

There’s something arguably wrong with every sport; how could it not be so? Soccer doesn’t have enough scoring for game scores to be a good indicator of relative performance, football and flat racing hurt their players, NASCAR is climate-hostile, and ... [Published The Reality-Based Community - 6 hours ago]

Entities: NASCAR, Same-Sex Marriage, Social Security

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 19 hours ago - 1 reports

Oklahoma tornado

Oklahoma is an oil state. Oklahomans vote for people like senators Inhofe and Coburn, who rail at the ‘myth’ of climate change. After all, there are millions and millions of dollars still to earn selling oil to burn: what more evidence does a reasonable ... [Published The Reality-Based Community - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Tornado, Global Warming/Climate Change

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Tea Party Tempest

Another word on the IRS “scandal” from me over at the Tribune’s blog aggregation site. ... [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 20 2013]

Entities: Tea Party Movement

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

“How to Legalize Pot”

Remind me to talk to Bill Keller more often . Not many reporters will expend the effort to understand the nuances of a complex issue and make them understandable to non-specialist readers. Key quote: “Can we get to ‘orderly market’ without passing through ... [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 20 2013]

Entities: Bill Keller

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

New York Nasty and Los Angeles Nice: A Structural Explanation

Tomorrow, Los Angeles voters go to the polls to elect a new Mayor. (At least a few of them, anyway: current estimates predict onyl 25% turnout, about which more later). In September, New Yorkers will do the same. And depending upon the way things ... [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 20 2013]

Entities: Los Angeles, Wendy Greuel, Christine Quinn, Tom Bradley

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

The Changing Shape of Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders

In this first installment of one of Dr. Harold Pollack’s “Curbside Consult” interview series for healthinsurance.org , Harold and I discuss the changing mental health needs of veterans, the myth that drug illegality is the cause of opioid overdoses, ... [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 20 2013]

Entities: opioid, Overdose, Alcohol

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Students for Sensible Drug Policy

Backstory

Harold’s picture of me addressing the International Society for the Study of Drug Policy conference in Bogotá wearing a DEA cap drew some quite funny proposed captions, along with a fair amount of humorless, moralistic denunciation from some of our ... [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 20 2013]

Entities: Drugs, Jay Bergman, Illicit, Students for Sensible Drug Policy

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Quote of the Day

I don’t like country music, but I don’t mean to denigrate those who do. For those of you who like country music, denigrate means ‘put down’. –Bob Newhart ... [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 18 2013]

Entities: Bob Newhart

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Undercover photo rocks RBC

The following photo was left for me at a dead drop during my trip this week to Bogota, Columbia, at the International Society for the Study of Drug Policy. The photographer was apparently spotted sitting at the very back of the lecture hall, trying ... [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 17 2013]

Entities: University of Chicago, Bogota, Drugs

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Weekend Film Recommendation: 99 River Street

There are worse things than murder. You can kill a man one inch at a time. Last week I recommended Kansas City Confidential , a 1952 collaboration between Director Phil Karlson, Producer Edward Small and Actor John Payne. They re-teamed very successfully ... [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 17 2013]

Entities: John Payne, Phil Karlson, Brad Dexter, Evelyn Keyes, Edward Small

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Cannabis constituents and their effects

How do the psychoactive effects of cannabis use vary with the varying chemistry of different strains? Appallingly, the current science can’t tell us what we need to know, and federal law makes that research impossible to conduct in the U.S. I discuss ... [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 17 2013]

Entities: Cannabis, Brian Lehrer, Chemistry

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Unravelling the Roots of the Upsurge of Criminal Violence in Mexico

Illegal drug trafficking is not inherently violent . The horrific surge of violence that began in Mexico in 2006 thus requires some specific explanation. The most common account is that when President Calderon turned the force of the state on to organized ... [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 16 2013]

Entities: Cocaine, Mexico, Criminal, Colombia, Drugs

Quotes

` "Within Catholic teaching, self-defense means a right to protect life using reasonable means. Carrying a firearm as a daily habit is not about protecting life as a matter of self-defense. In fact, carrying a firearm increases the likelihood that the person will use it to threaten or take a life in a moment of anger. Stories abound of people faced with the lifelong regret of reaching too quickly for a firearm in response to a temporary but emotionally charged situation that has nothing to do with self-defense…. "

“Let’s turn our pistols into plowshares” [Published The Reality-Based Community - Apr 05 2013]

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Sports rules and laws [Published The Reality-Based Community - 6 hours ago]
Oklahoma tornado [Published The Reality-Based Community - 19 hours ago]
Tea Party Tempest [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 20 2013]
“How to Legalize Pot” [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 20 2013]
New York Nasty and Los Angeles Nice: A Structur... [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 20 2013]
The Changing Shape of Substance Use and Mental ... [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 20 2013]
Backstory [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 20 2013]
Quote of the Day [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 18 2013]
Undercover photo rocks RBC [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 17 2013]
Weekend Film Recommendation: 99 River Street [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 17 2013]
Cannabis constituents and their effects [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 17 2013]
Unravelling the Roots of the Upsurge of Crimina... [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 16 2013]
BlueTooth May Help Destigmatize Serious Mental ... [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 16 2013]
Diplomatic language [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 16 2013]
“Full DisclosureBrag” in Political Reporting [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 14 2013]
Radix malorum est cupiditas [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 14 2013]
Rising Pay for University Presidents [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 13 2013]
Quote of the Day [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 13 2013]
Was the Benghazi attack “terrorism”? [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 11 2013]
Famous Last and First Words [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 11 2013]
With Brian Lehrer on the addictive risks of can... [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 11 2013]
Weekend Film Recommendation: Kansas City Confid... [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 10 2013]
Portrait of a dead lady [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 09 2013]
‘I can’t chew, you know, because the teeth are ... [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 09 2013]
On Benghazi—An honest plea for specific charges. [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 09 2013]
A Bit More Financial Advice [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 09 2013]
Charges, payments and costs, oh my! [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 08 2013]
No “Spray Paint” Comments Please [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 08 2013]
Professor Ferguson, There’s This Thing Called “... [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 08 2013]
Why Biological Tests of Driving Impairment are ... [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 07 2013]

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Sports rules and laws [Published The Reality-Based Community - 6 hours ago] There’s something arguably wrong with every sport; how could it not be so? Soccer doesn’t have enough scoring for game scores to be a good indicator of relative performance, football and flat racing hurt their players, NASCAR is climate-hostile, and ...
Oklahoma tornado [Published The Reality-Based Community - 19 hours ago] Oklahoma is an oil state. Oklahomans vote for people like senators Inhofe and Coburn, who rail at the ‘myth’ of climate change. After all, there are millions and millions of dollars still to earn selling oil to burn: what more evidence does a reasonable ...
Tea Party Tempest [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 20 2013] Another word on the IRS “scandal” from me over at the Tribune’s blog aggregation site. ...
“How to Legalize Pot” [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 20 2013] Remind me to talk to Bill Keller more often . Not many reporters will expend the effort to understand the nuances of a complex issue and make them understandable to non-specialist readers. Key quote: “Can we get to ‘orderly market’ without passing through ...
New York Nasty and Los Angeles Nice: A Structur... [Published The Reality-Based Community - May 20 2013] Tomorrow, Los Angeles voters go to the polls to elect a new Mayor. (At least a few of them, anyway: current estimates predict onyl 25% turnout, about which more later). In September, New Yorkers will do the same. And depending upon the way things ...

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