Posts filed under “politics”.
Presque vu LXXIX
In the face of a growing number of deaths and cases of HIV linked to drug abuse, the Portuguese government in 2001 tried a new tack to get a handle on the problem—it decriminalized the use and possession of heroin, cocaine, marijuana, LSD and other illicit street drugs. The theory: focusing on treatment and prevention instead of jailing users would decrease the number of deaths and infections.
Winged with Death Virtual Tour – 9
Today I’m in London, at Debi Alper’s Blog.
Debi has been reading Winged with Death for the last couple of weeks.
As well as her blog, Debi Alper is the author of several contemporary crime thrillers.
She has recently been posting movingly and thoughtfully about her time in Grenada in the eighties. She witnessed the joy and euphoria, [...]
Blog Rally
Please consider placing a blue ribbon on your blog or website this week in honour of the journalists, bloggers, students, and writers who are imprisoned in Evin Prison, nicknamed “Evin University,” and other prisons around the world, for speaking and writing down their thoughts. Also, please ask others to join our blog rally.
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Presque vu LXXVIII
Kenyon Review Editor David Lynn announced today that the nonprofit literary magazine has acquired Random House in a deal widely estimated to be in the low six figures.
Tricksy Spirits and Odd Lads
‘It’s also been a lifelong ambition of mine to be on stage with John Kani. So this feels like all my dreams coming true.’
Antony Sher
