Happy 420!

Not only is this my nephew Konner’s birthday but today is increasingly recognized as the unofficial National Weed Day (unofficial, I presume, because marijuana is still, for the most part, illegal). I am pleased by reports from my native Colorado of a more progressive, enlightened attitude toward cannabis. Some surprisingly famous people of the libertarian ilk are also encouraging legalization of the herb which was insanely made illegal to support the cotton industry and discriminate against Mexicans. I have lived to see Barack Obama elected President of the United States, and so I have hope that in my lifetime I may yet see the government’s withdrawal of its prohibition against God’s growing green stuff.