THRU Magazine Archive
Oregon’s first legal cannabis trade show exemplified the frustrations of regulated freedom. Weed The People was an overwhelming success. In fact and in literal terms, overwhelming indeed and financially successful too. Perhaps the term “beautiful disaster” popularly coined by the mainstream stoner rock band, 311, would be more appropriate. Thankfully, Aquarium Drunkard’s music picks didn’t […]
On Sunday, the manhunt ended in upstate New York, only now is the story unfolding. About two miles from Canada, the survivor of the two fleeing prisoners, David Sweat was shot in the torso as he ran through a field, headed once again for the woods. A state trooper, seeing that Sweat was nearing the […]
Featured Image by Jax Ko A Philosophical Foundation for the Critique of Capitalism Everything in the world that is bought and sold using currency can be defined by its market in the economy. Every aspect of life is commodified for the marketplace, from drinking water to wiping our ass. How we sleep, what we eat, […]
The Yemen Crisis only recently grabbed my attention during the usual morning routine of reading the news over breakfast. Lately, a story of violence, destruction, extremism, and political crisis breaks nearly everyday. Not only are there too many civil wars going on right now to cover, they tend to read like sports articles and analysis: […]
Why all Oregonians should care about Nestlé’s plan with the water supply in Cascade Locks. Water is, of course, the most important raw material we have today in the world. It’s a question of whether we should privatize the normal water supply for the population, and there are two different opinions on the matter. The one opinion, […]