Whitewashing 8 Awful Years

Whitewashing 8 Awful Years

Gosh, it seems like only yesterday that we saw George W. Bush on TV reading The Pet Goat to some second graders. Now he’s all grown up and has an entire , super-duper, king-sized library filled with big books and other neat stuff — all dedicated to him....
This Week in OtherWords: April 24, 2013

This Week in OtherWords: April 24, 2013

This week in OtherWords, Jill Richardson looks at the Texas factory explosion in the context of whether we should be using so much nitrogen fertilizer in the first place and William A. Collins and I review recent progress toward ending the prohibition on pot....
Don’t Mourn the Planet’s Destruction, Organize!

Don’t Mourn the Planet’s Destruction, Organize!

Should we weep or cheer on Earth Day? Both. The first step toward any recovery is admitting that we have a problem. In fact, beaucoup problems. For example, despite the squawking of profiteering polluters and professional deniers, our very atmosphere — without which...
This Week in OtherWords: April 17, 2013

This Week in OtherWords: April 17, 2013

This week in OtherWords, Donald Kaul skewers the “progress” Congress is making on gun control, Chris Schillig weighs in on the Boston Marathon attack from a runner’s perspective, and Jim Hightower marvels at the Army’s green ambitions....
This Week in OtherWords: April 10, 2013

This Week in OtherWords: April 10, 2013

This week in OtherWords, David Elliot highlights some of the hidden costs of the nation’s supersized military might and Raul A. Reyes applauds the Associated Press style book update that may herald the end of “illegal” people in the mainstream media....