| Nov 25, 2014 | Economy / BusinessMost Americans — from the Obama family in the White House to my little family in Texas — will get a much-deserved break from work on Thanksgiving Day. But millions of others won’t. Understandably, firefighters, police, and hospital workers will stay on the job....
| Dec 23, 2013 | UncategorizedHere’s a twist on Christmas that would make Jesus weep. First, a right-wing faction in the United States is wringing its hands over a hokey cultural “crisis” cooked up by the faction itself, namely that liberals, atheists, humanists, and — God forbid...
| Dec 22, 2013 | Rights / DemocracyAfter Peter O’Toole died in December, The New York Times gave him a worthy sendoff. The marvelous English actor’s obituary, which began on the front page, ran several thousand words. At the conclusion of its online version the Times ran this addendum:...
| Dec 18, 2013 | Food / FarmingShrimp cocktail makes a great finger food for holiday parties. Right? Only if you have no idea how those crustaceans were produced. Because if you did, you wouldn’t want to eat shrimp again. Before I go on, I’ll say this: There is good shrimp out there....
| Dec 11, 2013 | Environment / HealthSanta’s changing some policies at the North Pole. You see, he’s concerned about global warming. If the polar ice caps melt, his workshop will sink into the Arctic Ocean. He’d become a climate refugee. What’s more, our changing climate is...
