The Big Score in this Year’s Super Bowl

For me, the most significant statistic coming out of this year’s Super Bowl wasn’t the 31-25 score in the Green Bay Packers’ hard-fought victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Nor was it the $1.3 billion cost of the new, monstrously huge football...

The Media Flunks WikiLeaks 101

The truth is dear, We must profess; Just don’t seek it, In the press. Maybe we were fortunate that the U.S. press chose to print any WikiLeaks disclosures at all. Given the media’s generally supportive stance of unilateral American foreign policy, it could...

The Lineup: Week of February 14-20, 2011

In this week’s OtherWords editorial package, Sarah Anderson reflects on her great-grandfather’s experience as a Civil War veteran, Donald Kaul remembers why he liked Ike, and Peter Hart explains why most Americans couldn’t watch the best coverage of...
Civil War and the Safety Net

Civil War and the Safety Net

With this year marking the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, get ready for grand pontificating on its meaning for whites, African-Americans, the nation, and the world. Here’s what it meant for my family. My great-grandfather Albert Cordner was a private in the...