{"id":583,"date":"2010-09-30T19:29:51","date_gmt":"2010-09-30T13:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/williamjcobb.com\/blog\/?p=583"},"modified":"2010-09-30T19:29:51","modified_gmt":"2010-09-30T13:29:51","slug":"timothy-egan-in-the-ny-times-on-legalizing-marijuana-or-california-dreamin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/williamjcobb.com\/blog\/index.php\/2010\/09\/30\/timothy-egan-in-the-ny-times-on-legalizing-marijuana-or-california-dreamin\/","title":{"rendered":"Timothy Egan in the NY Times on Legalizing Marijuana, or &quot;California Dreamin&#039;&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After my post yesterday of the CNN editorial about the failed War on Drugs, I have to call out Timothy Egan&#8217;s excellent op-ed in this morning&#8217;s <em>NY Times<\/em>, under the witty headline &#8220;Reefer Gladness.&#8221; He even knows the person who&#8217;s the inspiration of the Coen Brother&#8217;s namesake Dude character in\u00a0<em>The Big Lebowski:<\/em><br \/>\n<iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Reefer Gladness\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/svc\/oembed\/html\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fopinionator.blogs.nytimes.com%2F2010%2F09%2F29%2Freefer-gladness%2F#?secret=JKfMJweHqw\" data-secret=\"JKfMJweHqw\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nAs readers of this blog will recognize, I rate Timothy Egan as one of our best nonfiction writers, and I&#8217;m hardly alone: <em>The Worst Hard Time<\/em> (2005) won the National Book Award for Nonfiction, and I&#8217;m still reading <em>The Big Burn<\/em> (2009), which seems just as good. 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