WASHINGTON, D.C. — Just like that, there’s a new president in town. But even as the torch of our republic was peacefully passed, the weight of the moment wasn’t missed on anyone, especially not on now-President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris — the nation’s first female (and South Asian and Black) to ever […]Read More
When President-elect Joe Biden first announced his candidacy in 2019, he laid out his core values. Top of the list was opposing outgoing-President Trump’s rhetoric that embraced the neo-Nazis who stormed Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017 even before similar fringe elements of Trump’s base stormed the Capitol this month. As the Democratic primary rolled on, Biden […]Read More
The most important lessons I’ve learned about the real world came from fiction. As a child, shows like “X-Men” and “Star Trek” taught me that the bigots were the villains. It hurt to realize that many of my own people were just like those villains — that contrary to what many are saying, “this” is […]Read More
Last Wednesday, January 6, 2021 (Three Kings’ Day for the record) saw an unprecedented attack on the US Capitol by a mob of right-wing supporters of President Trump. This heinous act followed months of deplorable behavior as Trump refused to concede the election he lost (abetted by many in the Republican Party) and whipped up his […]Read More
THE U.S. CAPITOL — Call me old fashioned, but I miss having a sky that’s blue, grass that’s green, even a globe that’s, well, shaped like a globe, not a flat myth. I also miss having a Capitol — my office for the past 15 years — where my colleagues, lawmakers, staffers, workers, interns, and […]Read More
First-time author Randall L. Hull shares his views taken from his recently published book ‘Political Malpractice in America,’ which was selected by BookAuthority.org as one of the “Best New Politics Books of 2020.” The United States is the richest nation in the world, based on total GNI (gross national income) and GNI per capita, yet […]Read More
MONROE CORRECTIONAL COMPLEX, Wash. — Recently, Christopher Blackwell, one of my incarcerated neighbors in the Washington State Reformatory, and I wrote separate articles about whether or not prisoners will be prioritized for the coronavirus vaccine. This morning that question was answered: I woke up to a memo posted on a kiosk in my living unit, […]Read More
The nation’s top prosecutors don’t seem to be listening to the governments own scientists when it comes to marijuana. A study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that many missed this fall found from 2008-2017 treatment for cannabis use disorder (CUD) in the United States declined for adolescents — most significantly in states […]Read More
Cannabidiol (CBD), the non-psychoactive cannabinoid in cannabis, is taking the health and wellness world by storm—and for good reason. Evidence shows that CBD may have therapeutic potential when it comes to treating anxiety, insomnia, pain, and more. Still, fresh statistics show that the CBD industry has a way to go when it comes to CBD […]Read More
It happens without fail. I’ve been lecturing about Prohibition — the booze soaked, anti-booze period in the 1920s — and leading Prohibition-themed tours around the nation’s capital since 2006. On every talk, someone in the audience asks how Prohibition compares to the War on Drugs. Did I mention that this is completely unprompted? Few things capture […]Read More
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