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Carter, come home from Never-neverland!
“Oops. Heh. Wow. Sorry ‘bout that.”

This is what Dr. Warrick Carter should have said last Thursday. Instead, he’s unavailable, conducting business on the only block in New York City without a payphone.

There are a few things that are bothersome about the incident that occurred last Thursday, Jan. 11. There are a couple things that just sound bad. Continued


To our little president who is carved out of wood
Dear Dr. Warrick Carter,

How was your trip to New York? Did you like it? Did you see that place where the Ricki Lake Show is filmed? I hear it’s really big, and someday I’d like to visit. I’ve only seen pictures, but even those seem big. All we have here is the place where Jenny Jones is filmed. Continued


Elliot Ness was a chump
That’s the sad yet true tagline for Steven Soderbergh’s new film “Traffic,” (reviewed this week in A&E) a panorama of our nation’s war on drugs. A film that I hope will force this country to seriously reconsider its methods of combating drug addiction.

Drugs are inescapable. Whether you have personally struggled with it or have known a loved one who has, drug addiction is a very real problem, and should be a very immediate concern for everyone in this nation. The classical prohibitionist view has failed for far too long. Too many good men and women have been slain in a war that cannot be won. Continued


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Letters to the Chronicle
Everybody has their say on the infamous Carter email and some questions about where does the money really go. Continued





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      January 16, 2001

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