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Black-Tar Heroin: Mexican Growers Target the Heartland
By Christine Wicker - Politics DailyA drug many of us know nothing of has spread across the country, according to a stunning series in the Los Angeles Times this week. The drug is called black-tar heroin. While other forms of heroin use appear to be going down, this one is going up. Its cost is low enough to compete with a six-pack of beer. There's some good news in that. It means that even junkies can afford the stuff. So the burglaries and robberies that usually accompany pain-pill and other drug addictions may actually go down as use of black-tar heroin spreads. There's another piece of good news for some neighborhoods that ...
Henrietta Lacks' Story Told at Last, Thanks to Dogged Writer
By Christine Wicker - Politics DailyHenrietta Lacks may have saved more lives than any other person in history. A poor black woman who died almost 60 years ago, her story is everywhere this week thanks to a intrepid reporter named Rebecca Skloot. If you see a photo of Skloot, who's 37 and looks younger, you may be tempted to write her off as the latest pretty young thing the media has fallen for. She is pretty, but that's not all. This time, the hoo-hah is well deserved. Her first book, "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," is a triumph. It got a rave review from The New York Times last week and another favorable look on ...
Who We Are: Older Avengers or 'Bozos in Heat'?
By Christine Wicker - Politics DailyPopular culture must reflect who we are. If it didn't, it wouldn't be popular. Right? Here are three views of who we are right now as reflected by the small screen, two from the West Coast and one from the East. ...
Religious Right Is Wrong on Amanda Simpson: She Deserves U.S. Job
By Christine Wicker - Politics DailyMembers of the Religious Right are protesting the appointment of Amanda Simpson as senior technical adviser to the U.S. Commerce Department. They're protesting because the new appointee was born Mitchell Simpson. ...
Help the Children -- It Won't Cost a Thing
By Christine Wicker - Politics DailyCouldn't we buck that little, loud-mouthed group of religious fear-mongers just once and give children a break? The U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) will come up for a vote in 2010 or 2011, and the religious right is already getting the bullhorns out. This treaty has been ratified by every nation except the United States and Somalia. We have the late Jesse Helms and the Bush administration to thank for that little piece of shame. ...
Sad But True: Men Leave Their Sick Wives
By Christine Wicker - Politics DailyMelinda, I am delighted that you've taken issue with the study about men abandoning their seriously ill wives six times more often than wives abandoning their seriously ill husbands. The difference between your position and mine provides some juicy topics to hash out. Perhaps we'll disagree more. ...
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