The Nail-Biter that Wasn’t

The Nail-Biter that Wasn’t

It was the nail-biter that wasn’t…not even close.By just after 11,the GOP gave up the ghost. Turns out voters are smart —they knew just what to do.They knew who was for manyand who was for few. The tea party is over,the real work is at hand.And we...
How Sandy Reveals the GDP’s Twisted Logic

How Sandy Reveals the GDP’s Twisted Logic

As he waded knee-deep in an Atlantic City street, pummeled by Superstorm Sandy’s winds, CNN’s Chief Business Correspondent Ali Velshi declared that it was too early to tell whether Sandy would be a plus or a minus for the U.S. economy. The authorities are...
Hurricane Sandy’s Wakeup Call

Hurricane Sandy’s Wakeup Call

I’ve been working on solutions to the climate crisis for a long time, but I never really expected that it would hit home for me quite the way it did. Chadwick Beach, the small New Jersey town where I grew up and where my parents still live, was one of many...
Social Security: It Ain’t Broke

Social Security: It Ain’t Broke

Social Security is more popular than sliced bread. And it should be. Our Social Security system is the foundation of our families’ security: We work hard and pay into it with every paycheck so each of us can retire with dignity. Social Security is a basic part...
Rebuilding Resilience

Rebuilding Resilience

Our nation is recovering from a natural disaster. Again. This time it’s Sandy. A few months ago, it was the drought. Last year, there was Irene. A few years before that, Hurricane Ike devastated Galveston, Texas. In 2005, we endured Rita, Wilma, and Katrina....