SAM SMITH ESSAYS
Indexed by topic
ACTIVISM
Abbie Hoffman on the left andĀ language
Freedom Summer 1964
CAPITOL HILL
Tales of the Hill
CLINTONS
Before Harvey Weinstein there was Bill Clinton
The Clinton stories the media didn’t cover
Clinton and killer blood
The Vince Foster case
Arkansas Connections
CIVIL RIGHTS
Freedom Summer 1964
DRUGS
Marijuana truths we chose to ignore in favor of a war on drugs
The huge drug corruption story the major media chose to ignore
Billy Bear Bottoms
The Contras and cocaine
Pot quotes & facts
EDUCATION
Two tales out of school
How test obsession hurts learning
ETHNIC
The viscious myth even academics, media & liberals accept
HEALTH
Obamcare: The good, the bad and the uncertain
JOURNALISM
The Idler
KENNEDYS
Thoughts on the JFK killing
MONEY
A better way to approach the national debt
What banks, academics, the media and politicians don’t tell you about money
FDR and an economic bill of rights
The other way to deal with the national debt
MUSIC
Sam’s bands: Play it again, Sam
POLITICS
Sex, power and money in Washington
When the top cave in
How to revive progressive politics
Dealing with Brexit
The strange rise of Obama
Fun ways to steal elections
QUOTATIONS
REAGAN
The Reagan myth
The huge drug corruption story the major media chose to ignore
TRUMP
How Bill Clinton prepared us for Trump
Trump and facism
URBAN
Making cities black and poor
WAR
Iraq: Summing it all up in 2002
At least now presidents have time to call the war dead
WORLD
The Wannsee Conference
WORDS
A letter to Thomas Jefferson