Ever since “Pud” Gavlin of the St. Louis Brownstockings — A hall of fame baseball player –consumed the Brown Sequard Elixer in the late 1800’s, American baseball has had the benefit of performance enhancing drugs. Gavlin was enhancing his performance level with the elixer containing a monkey’s testosterone in it. The practice was legal in the […]
MANNING GUILTY — AND SO IS THE PRESS
This is what the headlines should have been — “Manning Guilty.” Bradley Manning, who leaked government information to Wikileaks, was recently put on trial for crimes against the United States, and found guilty on multiple charges. Instead, if one sifts throught the major headlines of media agencies, the headline reads something like “Manning Not Guilty […]
REPEAL WOMEN’S VOTING
This August will be the anniversary of Amendment 19, guaranteeing women the right to vote — an event that marks the downfall of political discourse in the American experience. Why, you ask? Because before the suffrage was granted to women, elections were about political platforms, policy, and positioning of a candidate on such constitutional aspects […]