Injustice Department

Injustice Department

It isn’t so much that I’m against balancing the budget. It’s that I think firing public employees is a lousy way to create jobs. I’ll say this for that strategy though: it beats throwing grandma from the train, which is the other big...
Budgeting for Ignorance

Budgeting for Ignorance

Will Rogers said that when Congress is in session, the public gets the same panicky feeling as “when the baby gets hold of a hammer.” Rogers’ observation can also be applied to the mayhem that has broken out in various smash-happy state legislatures....
Power Plays

Power Plays

Flip on that switch, Who cares the source; We’ll get gouged For it, of course. Energy production is too vital to be left to private industry’s tender mercies. Therefore, sensible nations run that sector of the economy themselves. Unfortunately, there...
The Lineup: Week of July 18-24, 2011

The Lineup: Week of July 18-24, 2011

In this week’s OtherWords editorial package, Janet Redman addresses the relationship between increasingly harsh weather events and climate change and Peter Weiss explains why “June 30, 2011 will go down as a dark day in the annals of the struggle against...