Charles, Thank You for the Bio on Gravel. I enjoy your articles and the effort you put into them. Mike Gravel was a visionary free thinker. I LIKE THAT. He however was is not always right. Opposing the Magnusun...act was pulling on the wrong end of the rope figuratively. The 200 mile limit saved Alaska fishing by moving Foreign (Japanese) fishing fleets out 200 miles off our shores. It was 12 miles until then and the Japanese just netted off Cook Inlet at the mouth. Good for Alaskans. Bad, was the gov his & law maker buds at the time greedily stole the peoples salmon via LIMITED ENTERY FISHING PERMITS they commandeered our fish. And made themselves wealthy.
Gravel was right about decriminalizing all drugs. If we had spent a tiny bit of the money spent on war on drugs educating as to benefits and or hazards of drugs, we would be a Freer, Smarter, Healthier, Wealthier, and way better off people. We would be leading the world in that area.
 We should have the right to decide. FREEDOM