Author: Mark Draughn
The Coming Racial War
Sort of: LOS ANGELES (AP) — Get ready for a segregated ”Survivor.” Race will matter on the upcoming season of the CBS show as contestants will be divided into four tribes by ethnicity. That means blacks, whites, Latinos and Asians in separate groups. The announcement was made on CBS‘ Early Show. Host Jeff Probst says… Read more
I Knew Abdur When…
About 8 or 9 years ago, I started working on a Ph.D. in computer science. I already had the Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in computer science, so this seemed like the next logical step. At the time, I was working as a software developer for the research arm of the Illinois Institute of Technology and… Read more
John Mark Karr
Okay, I’ll get in the game with my prediction: John Mark Karr didn’t kill JonBenet Ramsey. (I’ve been right about things like this before, but didn’t say anything in advance so who’d believe me, right? This time, right or wrong, I’m on record.) He allegedly says her death was an accident, which is obviously not… Read more
Drug in the Workplace, Part 1
Pete Guither asks us to help put together a challenge to a page at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) called Drugs in the Workplace—What an employer needs to know. I’ll start with the third sentence, which includes this: “77 percent of illicit drug users in the United States are employed.” Since… Read more
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
I think the drug war has been arguably the single most devastating, dysfunctional, harmful social policy since slavery. That’s Norm Stamper, retired Seattle Police Chief. He’s just one of the current and former police officers and other criminal justice professionals who are members of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition. Here’s a short video of some of… Read more