Coddling the 10 Percent

Coddling the 10 Percent

Another way that the rich are different from you and me is that their bankers serve them freshly baked chocolate-chip cookies. The über-rich, of course, are used to such coddling, but now a class of customers that bankers have dubbed the “mass affluent”...
Abortion Politics

Abortion Politics

You have to hand it to the Catholic bishops. They not only define abortion, but also birth control, as murder. And they’re willing to pin the very future of their Church to this arcane belief. Sounds a bit like the Republican Party. Public reaction to this...
The Lineup: Week of May 7-13, 2012

The Lineup: Week of May 7-13, 2012

In this week’s OtherWords editorial package, Sarah Anderson underscores the dangers posed by Wall Street’s lightning-speed computerized trading and Donald Kaul makes the case for eating more vegetables. Get all this and more in your inbox by subscribing to...
Wall Street’s Speed Freaks

Wall Street’s Speed Freaks

The power suits making billions off the stock market are always trying to assure us that their trading serves a socially redeeming purpose. They steer money to companies and industries that make our economy more productive, they claim. In reality, the majority of...