Steve Bloom

Four Questions About the Dead's 50th Anniversary Shows

The schism between some Deadheads and Phish phans appears to be a full-scale rift now that Trey Anastasio has been selected to accompany the "Core Four" founding members at the Grateful Dead's alleged final shows in Chicago in July.

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'Get Off the Pot' Ex-Cops Need to Get a Life

The tension between New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and the NYPD took a weird turn today when ex-cops paid for an aerial banner that read: DE BLASIO GET OFF THE POT. RESIGN. WE ♥ NYPD

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Cheryl Shuman Pulls Wool Over New York Times

Cheryl Shuman gets her 15 minutes of New York Times fame in Sunday's Magazine. It's a soft feature that barely touches on the controversies that have made her the most divisive figure in the cannabis community.

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End the Practice of Chokeholds by Police Departments

You don't need me to tell you that police are out of control in America. On July 17, another disgusting example of brutality happened in New York when cops used a chokehold to apprehend an asthmatic man, who died during the encounter.

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