Scritti Politti: February 27, 2009
I quite liked Mark McKinnon's piece in The Daily Beast, today, about Twitter "jumping the shark." I especially liked his admonition that we all must ...
I quite liked Mark McKinnon's piece in The Daily Beast, today, about Twitter "jumping the shark." I especially liked his admonition that we all must ...
Marisa Treviño | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics
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.
AP | SEANNA ADCOX | Posted 03.19.2009 | Home
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Now that Michael Phelps won't face drug charges, he can try to distance himself from a photo that showed the Olympian smoking a...
David Sirota | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics
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.
Michael DeJong | Posted 03.14.2009 | Business
In an economy quickly going down the toilet faster than a nickel bag government-sanctioned "ganja" could 'pot'-entially create more and literally 'green' jobs and add much needed tax revenues.
David Henry Sterry | Posted 03.13.2009 | Entertainment
Tell all your friends and family not to give Kellogg's one single penny, ruble, rupee or drachma of your money. Let's show Kellogg's what we think of them acting ugly towards our Michael Phelps.
Andrea Chalupa | Posted 03.13.2009 | Business
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.
Lee Stranahan | Posted 03.13.2009 | Comedy
Aside from you being a grandstanding douche with questionable genitals, we couldn't help noticing that you have lots of unsolved murders and sex criminals on the loose.
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 ...
Keli Goff | Posted 03.12.2009 | Entertainment
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.
Don Parker | Posted 03.12.2009 | Comedy
Kellogg's has revealed that the company dropped Phelps as their spokesperson for undermining its corporate mission--to keep as many Americans as possible addicted to synthetic chemicals, food dyes, and artificial sweeteners.
Cenk Uygur | Posted 03.11.2009 | Entertainment
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?
Jason Flom | Posted 03.10.2009 | Politics
Michael Phelps is still a hero to America and his career should not go up in smoke because of a single mistake.
Ethan Nadelmann | Posted 03.09.2009 | Entertainment
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.
Norm Stamper | Posted 03.09.2009 | Entertainment
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.
Ross Hyzer | Posted 03.09.2009 | Comedy
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?
Lee Stranahan | Posted 03.08.2009 | Comedy
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.
Keith Thomson | Posted 03.08.2009 | Green
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.
Jason Whitlock | Posted 03.08.2009 | Entertainment
America gives its marketable, talented and wealthy weed-smokers the Santonio Holmes treatment. We forgive and quickly forget.
Sean Carman | Posted 03.08.2009 | Comedy
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.
The Sportsman's Daily | Posted 03.07.2009 | Comedy
"What are you looking at?" Johnson demanded of a young female reporter seated in the middle of the third row. "Why are you looking at me like that?? Stop looking at me like that!!!"
Ann Shoket | Posted 03.07.2009 | Media
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.
Maia Szalavitz | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics
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.
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...
Best Week Ever | Michelle Collins | Posted 03.05.2009 | Comedy
Photos of Olympic wunderkind Michael Phelps have surfaced featuring the gold medal swimmer smoking the illegal drug "marijuana" through a device known...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics