Michael Phelps Bong Photo

Michael Phelps Puts a Face to a Smoking Injustice

Marisa Treviño | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics


Marisa Treviño

When I saw that now-infamous picture of Phelps smoking marijuana, my first thought was how he was lucky he was a white, lanky likeable kid.

Our Addiction to Fake Outrage

David Sirota | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics


David Sirota

In a country where about half the population has smoked pot, we're expected to be ragingly angry that Phelps went to a party and hit his friend's bong. What a sad joke on so many levels.

Would Legalizing Pot Help the Economy?

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 03.13.2009 | Business


Andrea Chalupa

There is a chance, and it's a window that will last as long as Grapes of Wrath 2.0, to legalize marijuana in the name of industry and creating jobs.

Phelps Bong Worth $100,000?

Matt Palevsky | Posted 03.13.2009 | Entertainment


The photo of fourteen time Olympic gold medalist, Michael Phelps, smoking marijuana from a glass bong has made its way onto prime time television and ...

Michael Phelps Deserves a Spanking, But Not for Getting Caught with Pot

Keli Goff | Posted 03.12.2009 | Entertainment


Keli Goff

Phelps's DUI arrest was a non-issue for the corporations who clamored to have his name and likeness all over their products. Now those same sponsors suddenly have some standards.

Phelps and Obama -- Leading the Way Towards Legalizing Marijuana

Rob Kall | Posted 03.12.2009 | Living


Rob Kall

If federal legislation for legalizing marijuana included taxes that would help pay for the bailout or create a million or more jobs, it's hard to imagine Barack-who-inhaled-Obama vetoing the bill.

Why Firing Phelps Might Cost Kellogg's More Customers

Cenk Uygur | Posted 03.11.2009 | Entertainment


Cenk Uygur

This firing is political. Kellogg is choosing sides with the minority of the country that cares about so-called moral improprieties like this. As a business, is that the side it wants to be on?

Ryan Grim

Kellogg Customers More Concerned With Phelps Than Tainted Peanut Butter (AUDIO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.10.2009 | Politics


The Kellogg Company may have thought it was making the smart public-relations play by announcing it was not renewing its contract with Michael Phelps,...

Heroes Are Human Beings Too

Jason Flom | Posted 03.10.2009 | Politics


Jason Flom

Michael Phelps is still a hero to America and his career should not go up in smoke because of a single mistake.

If Kellogg's Dumps Phelps, We Dump Kellogg's

Ethan Nadelmann | Posted 03.09.2009 | Entertainment


Ethan Nadelmann

Tens of millions of Americans think that the public condemnation of Phelps is a farce. we're sick and tired of the public outings, and forced apologies and recantations, which perpetuate this shameless hypocrisy.

One Cop To Another: Don't Arrest Phelps for Bong Photo

Norm Stamper | Posted 03.09.2009 | Entertainment


Norm Stamper

I'd be willing to bet your pension, Sheriff, that every police officer in the country knows you have no legal mandate to arrest Michael Phelps.

Michael Phelps' Next Disgrace: Listening to Jazz?

Ross Hyzer | Posted 03.09.2009 | Comedy


Ross Hyzer

We as a society need to mete out toothsome justice to the reprobate Michael Phelps. Maybe a supermax prison on the bottom of the ocean would be able to contain his heinous crimes?

Petition to Boycott Kellogg's for Treatment of Michael Phelps

Lee Stranahan | Posted 03.08.2009 | Comedy


Lee Stranahan

Kellogg's has decided to end their relationship with Phelps after a photo of him surfaced doing exactly what most Kellogg's customers do right before enjoying a bowl of Rice Krispies with an Eggo on top.

Michael Phelps In Good Company

Keith Thomson | Posted 03.08.2009 | Green


Keith Thomson

According to a 2002 Time/CNN poll, 47% of Americans have smoked marijuana. Here's a list of famous users and advocates of the plant.

Quit Crying Double-Standard Over Phelps

Jason Whitlock | Posted 03.08.2009 | Entertainment


Jason Whitlock

America gives its marketable, talented and wealthy weed-smokers the Santonio Holmes treatment. We forgive and quickly forget.

Suddenly, It All Makes Sense

Sean Carman | Posted 03.08.2009 | Comedy


Sean Carman

If there's any justice, the Olympic committee will give Phelps another gold medal. Forget all those athletes on performance-enhancing drugs. Phelps won 8 golds on one of the most performance-diminishing drugs known to man.

Phelps's Sponsors Supportive: "You Can't Buy This Kind of Product Placement"

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 03.07.2009 | Media


John Wellington Ennis

Contrary to the negative backlash predicted, Phelps's sponsors are proactive, seizing on Phelps' snapshot to re-market a guy the country already loves, only now with 10% more bad boy cred.

Excuses, Excuses: The Real Problem With Michael Phelps

Ann Shoket | Posted 03.07.2009 | Media


Ann Shoket

I flashed back to 2004 when Phelps was arrested for a DUI. He was 19, fresh off Athens and the magazine where I worked was honoring him for being a role model for young people.

Marijuana Blues: If All Americans Had Phelps' Press Experience, The Drug War Would Be Over

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics


Maia Szalavitz

Imagine how the economy would grind to (even more of!) a halt if we tried to arrest and incarcerate all of the people who had ever smoked pot.

Michael Phelps' Sponsors Sticking With Him After Bong Photo... UPDATE: Kellogg Dropping Phelps

Huffington Post | Editors | Posted 03.05.2009 | Business


***UPDATE Feb 5th, 6:34 pm*** Ad Age is reporting Thursday afternoon that Olympic champion Michael Phelps is being dropped by one of his sponsors ove...

Michael Phelps Bong Picture: Olympic Champion Caught Smoking Marijuana: UPDATED

Nick Graham | Posted 09.22.2009 | Home


Nick Graham

***UPDATED February 5th, 10:20PM*** Michael Phelps was suspended from competition for three months by USA Swimming in the wake of the photo that show...