http://hightimes.com en-us 0.4 By Keith Stroup   Thirty-five years and still growing! Not bad for a magazine started by a radical political activist who funded his venture (and his lifestyle) by smuggling marijuana – tons and tons of it, much of which he flew into the country himself in his own plane.   Tom Forçade, whose real name was Kenneth Gary Goodson, was a lefty political activist with the Youth International Party (a.k.a. the Yippies) who spent much of the 1972 Democratic National …More]]> http://hightimes.com/legal/kstroup/5916?utm_source=rss_section_Keith Stroup Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:28:16 -0400 http://hightimes.com/legal/kstroup/5916?utm_source=rss_section_Keith Stroup Keith Stroup by Keith Stroup On the wall of my office, directly across from my desk, hangs an amazing photograph, a treasured possession presented to me by my dear friend, the late Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, in appreciation of the small role I played in keeping him out of prison as the 1980s came to a close. The photo captures the Good Doctor, shotgun in hand, getting knocked on his talented ass by a gargantuan lick of flame while the spectral image of Ronald Reagan laughs from the sidelines. You see …More]]> http://hightimes.com/entertainment/kstroup/1550?utm_source=rss_section_Keith Stroup Thu, 19 May 2005 15:50:40 -0400 http://hightimes.com/entertainment/kstroup/1550?utm_source=rss_section_Keith Stroup Keith Stroup