If you relied on the mainstream media, you would conclude that Arizona is anti-immigrant, while California is pro-immigrant. You would conclude that Republican Arizona Governor
Let me apologize in advance for using the name of a recently deceased
young woman as a descriptor of our economic problems. But I mean no disrespect
for Amy Winehouse. On the contrary, my disrespect is aimed at those responsible
for wrecking our economic system to the point that the only options remaining
are rehab or premature death.
Beautiful, talented, wealthy Amy Winehouse was found dead at age 27,
joining such music personalities as Janis Joplin,
Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, and Jim Morrison – all members of the "27 Club."
Autopsy is pending, though the cause of death is hardly obscure. For years, the
multiple award-winning singer and songwriter had been in and out of rehab for
alcohol and drug abuse. The night before her death, reportedly she bought
cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, and ketamine. Prophetically, her last album was
titled "Back to Black."
Books, articles, and films have attempted to explain why
talented, successful people in the music business so often descend into a death
spiral of alcohol and drugs. One can speculate that their fans almost expect it.
One can moralize that the music business and the drug business are intimately
related. But that is not our subject here.