| Sep 23, 2013 | Peace / SecurityThe flag positioned at half-mast was the only indication that anything had happened at all. American University was lush with early-autumn excitement and the quad was full of beginning-of-the-semester, carefree energy. There were no panicked email alerts, no worried...
| Sep 18, 2013 | UncategorizedThis week in OtherWords, Saru Jayaraman calls on Congress to raise the “sub-minimum” wage paid to servers and other tipped workers after a 22-year freeze and Donald Kaul illustrates the irresponsibility of GOP lawmakers who would have our government stop...
| Sep 17, 2013 | Food / Farming“I’m 98 percent confident we can make a tomato that tastes substantially better,” Professor Harry Klee recently exulted to The New York Times. Hmmm. Excuse me, professor, but “substantially better” than what? One of Momma Nature’s...
| Sep 16, 2013 | Peace / SecurityConsidering the recent wave of poor relations between Moscow and Washington, the U.S.-Russian cooperation on Syria seems miraculous and is worthy of the support and encouragement of our people. The fact that both parties have strategic reasons to need a non-violent...
| Sep 11, 2013 | Roundup|UncategorizedThis week in OtherWords, Peter Certo likens the situation in Syria to a “landmine” and Jim Hightower celebrates a campaign that wants extreme weather events named after the politicians who refuse to recognize or do anything about man-made climate change....
