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"Two years from now, I want the American people to be able to say, 'Government's not perfect; there are some things Obama does that get on my nerves. But you know what? I feel like the government's working for me. I feel like it's accountable. I feel like it's transparent. I feel that I am well...

Marijuana may improve memory and help fight Alzheimer's Marijuana could help reduce memory loss in old age and fight Alzheimer's Disease, scientists have found. By Richard Alleyne, Science Correspondent Last Updated: 12:50PM GMT 20 Nov 2008 Contrary to the common belief that smoking the...

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About a year ago, there was a flurry of stories around Apple's announcement that they had developed computer chips that could store and play music inside women’s breast implants. The i-boob was considered to be a major breakthrough because women are always complaining about men staring at...

Dean Becker shares DTN's "unvarnished truth about the drug war." Lots of interviews, streaming, downloadable audio, and transcripts. .

U.S. Supreme Court: State Medical Marijuana Laws Not Preempted by Federal Law Medical marijuana case appealed by the City of Garden Grove was denied review today Washington, DC -- The U.S. Supreme Court refused to review a landmark decision today in which California state courts found that...

Actor and author Richard Belzer reads a portion of Pres.-elect Obama's leaked inauguration speech on a recent Daily Show. http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=210907&title=richard-belzer

According to Judith Miller (disgraced former New York Times reporter and Faux News contributor) Al Qaeda has officially added President-elect Barack Obama to its enemies list. In the terrorist group’s first video message to Obama since his election, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Al-Qaeda’s...

Act III: Man, we libertarians really fell for it For a long time, I was kind of amazed by the libertarian rhetoric of the GOP, the way that somebody could argue for torture and corporate welfare and unchecked police powers and massive deficits and a global empire, and then follow it up with...

what the title says does somebody need to rebuild an index or somethign?

Did someone fix something? It seems like the search function is working again. I remember when I first started on this site, it seemed like a search wouldn't pull up anything more recent than a few weeks ago. Then it stopped working altogether. Now I just noticed I haven't had one of those...

Anyone else watching this show? Only two episodes left of the season. I just finished watching the first ten episodes on on demand. It's not the best HBO show I ever saw (that would be Deadwood) but there's enough nudity and drug use to keep it interesting even when not much else is...

An open letter to Roger Ailes, President of Faux News, in yesterday's WaPo. Interesting reading for anyone who's interested in Faux News' future in the forthcoming Obama-era mediascape, not to mention how the GOP might be able to climb out of the hole it's dug for itself over the last few years...

How soon before we close Gitmo? How soon before we dismantle the network of secret detention centers? How soon before we ban "enhanced interrogation techniques" (torture) and "extraordinary rendition" (kidnap & torture)? The economic crisis is going to take a long time. Universal health care...

Interesting article in Salon today... High Expectations Research into medicinal marijuana grows up. By Amanda Schaffer Posted Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008, at 6:49 AM ET This summer, British and Italian researchers found that in a laboratory plate, molecules in marijuana can slay the superbug...

Remember how they told us that the GOP just dropped off those expensive clothes and she was horrified when she found out how much they cost and returned them all? Surprise, surprise. NEWSWEEK has also learned that Palin's shopping spree at high-end department stores was more extensive than...

OK now who're you going to vote for?

Obama leads with 64% of the popular vote! From the Nation: In the tiny New Hampshire town of Dixville Notch where voters traditionally cast their ballots at midnight, which has not supported a Democrat for president in forty years, and which favored George Bush by overwhelming margins in 2000...

What is a medical strain anyway? Does it just mean super strong or is there more to it than that? Do these strains reduce or eliminate the accelerated heart rate? I think I heard White Widow and Jack Herer described as medical strains. Would you agree? Can you think of any more?

John Oliver on the Daily Show. Let's look at the latest numbers. Right now, nationwide, it's Obama 49, McCain 43, Undecided 8. Those Undecideds can still break either way. But who are they? As you can see, they fall into a variety of categories: Attention seekers; racist Democrats; the...