Monthly Archives: February 2017
Margo St. James Streaked the Bay to Breakers Run (1965)
IN THE ‘BAY TO BREAKERS’ I MAKE THE RECORD BOOK BUT MARGO ST. JAMES ‘STREAKS’ TO ESTABLISHING AN INSTITUTION From North Beach Leathers – Tailors to the Stars by Bill Morgan Besides Carol, the other grand dame of North Beach in those days was Margo St. James. She liked to think of herself as […] Continue reading
School is Bad for Children (1969)
SCHOOL IS BAD FOR CHILDREN (1969) BY JOHN HOLT Almost every child, on the first day he sets foot in a school building, is smarter, more curious, less afraid of what he doesn’t know, better at finding and figuring things out, more confident, resourceful, persistent and independent than he will ever be again in his […] Continue reading
Student Dress Codes? (1969)
Unrest in the Southwest Source: Plain Brown Watermelon, Bellaire High School Newspaper, Oct. 1969, Vol 1, #1 Things are bubbling out there in the southwest area high schools. Here’s a brief, and admittedly incomplete rundown on a few incidents which occurred during he last two weeks. At Bellaire a student council sponsored referendum was presented […] Continue reading
Kiss a Lawyer, Kill Your Television
By Harrell Graham So now where are we 40 years after the 60’s? Tired and retired, in a world of giant corporations that transcend national boundaries, laws, rules and regulations. The good news is this is still a country where you can fight if you want to. You won’t be shot or killed (well, probably […] Continue reading
Woodstock Was Not Stoned on Starbucks
Taking a stroll down memory lane I watched the movie, “Woodstock” and also “Taking Woodstock” and “Across the Universe”, all of which give a glimpse into the 60’s spirit. The thing that strikes me more than anything else is the calmness of the people, all three hundred thousand of them. And I can’t help but […] Continue reading
We’re Losing the Drug War Because Prohibition Never Works
We’re Losing the Drug War Because Prohibition Never Works By Hodding Carter III. There is clearly no point in beating a dead horse, whether you are a politician or a columnist, but sometimes you have to do it just the same, if only for the record. So, for the record, here’s another attempt to argue […] Continue reading
The Taliban is Not Hiding in my Kitchen, but MSG is!
The Taliban is Not Hiding in my Kitchen, but MSG is By Harrell Graham Big Pharma already had an array of drugs which could produce just about any desired effect. Need to stay awake? No problem, we’ve got drugs for that. Go to sleep? Take your pick. Need to lose weight? Here, swallow these. We’ve […] Continue reading
War on Terror is Very Big Business
So what is it about the ‘war on terror’—a phrase just as idiotic as the ‘war on drugs’—what is it about our newfound war that has a funny smell to it? It is this: history proves that when great powers employ the murderous, illegal tactics of the terrorists that those great powers eventually lose legitimacy […] Continue reading
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised by Harrell Graham The sheer magnitude of the isolation of suburbia and the nuclear family—rows upon rows of cookie-cutter homes housing families uprooted from the extended families and close knit communities of not so long ago. Not so long ago you could walk outside your home and see your […] Continue reading
Former Revolutionary About to Become Brazil’s President
Just one year after socialist revolutionary, Jose Mujica of Uruguay became president of that country, Brazil is ready to elect another former revolutionary to lead its government. Dilma Rousseff, the daughter of Bulgarian immigrants is set to win Brazil’s next presidential election. Currently the prime minister of Brazil, she has risen quickly thru the political […] Continue reading