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Posts published by “Fred Gardner”

On Performance Enhancement

“When Sha’Carri Richardson was barred from the Olympics this month after testing positive for marijuana, it ignited an ongoing conversation about whether the drug should…

Malcolm Gladwell’s Beige Skin Privilege

If 99 out of 100 non-white Americans are held back in some way by discrimination, Malcolm Gladwell is the exception that proves the rule. Would…

CHS is Real, Russo Finds

The International Cannabinoid Research Society's annual symposium was held by zoom June 21-24. Gone are the days when blockbuster discoveries were announced at ICRS meetings.…

Mark Stein Tries to Dunk on LeBron James

On sports pages and websites, “the league” and ”the NBA”  refer to the billionaires who own the franchises — not the athletes they employ. The owners appoint a…

Marx in the Afterlife

1. According to Bob Dylan On Rough and Rowdy Ways, the album Dylan released on the eve of turning 80, there's a song called "My…

Manchin Family Values

“Ever since I’ve been in this position, and when I was governor, we made a point –we just didn’t get involved. It’s so convoluted, I…

Pebbles Trippet’s Oklahoma Roots

Albion's Pebbles Trippet  grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. As our nation is now acknowledging, in 1921 the prosperous Black section of Tulsa, Greenwood, was utterly destroyed by…

Corinna, Corinna

Corinna Fales is anti-PC from an old new left perspective. She had been a political organizer in Newark for three years (1965-’67). In ‘68, when…

Correcting Political Correctness

California Governor Gavin Newsom may be an empty suit and Corporate Liberalism personified, but those trying to recall him are much worse. A prospective Republican…

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